paperback, 560 pages
English language
Published April 20, 2009 by Phoenix.
Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'Cemetery of Forgotten Books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles. To this library, a man brings his ten-year-old son, Daniel, one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book and frol\l the dusty shelves pulls The Shadow of the Wind by Juliån Carax. But as Daniel grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. What begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of Juliån Carax and to save those he left behind. --back cover
La sombra del viento es una de esas lecturas que te enamoran de los libros en general.
Despite not being a fantasy or science fiction novel (as I typically read), this was pretty good. My only complaint is in the narrator and the expository nature of part of the story. I felt it could have been a bit better had the author left some of the task of piecing together the mystery to the reader. However, the characters and plot was engaging and I don't think anything important was lost in the translation.
A full review is available at my blog: strakul.blogspot.com/2013/07/book-review-shadow-of-wind-by-carlos.html
What a lovely, lovely book. It's hard to describe how much I loved this book. It's spooky, romantic, has drama, and a historical background. Can't recommend this enough.
The story is set in Barcelona, Spain, just after the end of WWII. The 10-year old son of a bookshop owner, Daniel, is brought to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. There he is allowed to pick one book, and he picks The Shadow of the Wind by Julian Carax. Swept away by the mystery and writing of the author, Daniel becomes obsessed with finding out anything he can about the author. Over the course of the next 8 years, he learns the truth, which puts him in lethal danger, and finds out the tragic story of Julian Carax that strangely seems to mirror his own life.
I seriously was swept away here. I loved the characters, the gothic setting, the way the …
What a lovely, lovely book. It's hard to describe how much I loved this book. It's spooky, romantic, has drama, and a historical background. Can't recommend this enough.
The story is set in Barcelona, Spain, just after the end of WWII. The 10-year old son of a bookshop owner, Daniel, is brought to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. There he is allowed to pick one book, and he picks The Shadow of the Wind by Julian Carax. Swept away by the mystery and writing of the author, Daniel becomes obsessed with finding out anything he can about the author. Over the course of the next 8 years, he learns the truth, which puts him in lethal danger, and finds out the tragic story of Julian Carax that strangely seems to mirror his own life.
I seriously was swept away here. I loved the characters, the gothic setting, the way the story was presented. Best read so far this year!
