L'ombre du vent

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Mass Market Paperback, 669 pages

French language

Published April 20, 2013 by Robert Laffont.

ISBN:
978-2-266-23399-6
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OCLC Number:
847562605

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4 stars (7 reviews)

La Barcelone de l'après-guerre civile, "ville des prodiges" marquée par la défaite, la vie est difficile, les haines rôdent toujours. Par un matin brumeux de 1945, un homme emmène son petit garçon, Daniel Sempere, le narrateur, dans un lieu mystérieux du quartier gothique : le Cimetière des Livres Oubliés. L'enfant, qui rêve toujours de sa mère morte, est ainsi convié par son père, modeste boutiquier de livres d'occasion, à un étrange rituel qui se transmet de génération en génération : il doit y "adopter" un volume parmi des centaines de milliers. Là, il rencontre le livre qui va changer le cours de sa vie, le marquer à jamais et l'entraîner dans un labyrinthe d'aventures et de secrets "enterrés dans l'âme de la ville" : L'Ombre du Vent. (site Payot)

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reviewed La sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Autores españoles e iberoamericanos)

Review of 'La sombra del viento' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Uno de esos libros que van despacio, pero están escritos con un trazo inolvidable. Marcados quedarán por siempre muchos de estos personajes en mi memoria.

Es una historia auténtica, y creo que apta para cualquier amante de la literatura.

Si tenéis la oportunidad, el audiolibro de Jordi Boixaderas será un acompañante magnífico en vuestros diarios viajes al trabajo.

reviewed The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Review of 'The Shadow of the Wind' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

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

reviewed The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Review of 'The Shadow of the Wind' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

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 …

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