by Carlos Ruiz Zafón · Phoenix · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780752859545
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«The Shadow of the Wind» is the mystery novel by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, published by Phoenix in paperback (512 pages, in English).
In postwar Barcelona, Daniel Sempere, a ten-year-old boy, is taken by his father to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, where he chooses «La Sombra del Viento», by Julián Carax. Years later, he discovers that a mysterious figure is roaming the city burning all copies of Carax and immerses himself in investigating the life and death of the author.
First installment of the series «El cementerio de los libros olvidados»; English translation by Lucia Graves.
For readers of mystery and historical novels, and for book clubs interested in a story set in postwar Barcelona.
Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a Spanish novelist known for his 2001 novel La sombra del viento. The novel sold 15 million copies and was winner of numerous awards; it was included in a list of the 100 best books in Spanish of the last 25 years, made in 2007 by 81 Spanish and Hispanic American writers and critics.
