The Shadow of the Wind

Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'La Sombra del Viento' by Julian Carax.
But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. Then, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from La Sombra del Viento, a character who turns out to be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax's work in order to burn them. What begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax and to save those he left behind. A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can lead.

Info autore

Carlos Ruiz Zafón, geb. 1964 in Barcelona, lebt heute in Los Angeles. Mit den großen Barcelona-Romanen 'Der Schatten des Windes' und 'Das Spiel des Engels' begeisterte er ein Millionenpublikum auf der ganzen Welt; seine Bücher wurden in über 40 Sprachen übersetzt. Das Spiel des Engels stand wochenlang auf der SPIEGEL-Bestsellerliste.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
• Con la collaborazione di: Lucia Graves (Traduzione)
• Editore: Orion
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 22.09.2004
• EAN: 9780752859545
• ISBN: 978-0-7528-5954-5
• Pagine: 506
• Dimensioni: 111 mm x 177 mm x 33 mm
• Serie: Orion Paperbacks; Der Friedhof der vergessenen Bücher; Der Friedhof der vergessenen Bücher; Orion Paperbacks
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Spanische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.)