The Shadow of the Wind
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Author
Contributions
- Graves, Lucia. - Contributor
- Lucia Graves - Translator
Publication
2005 - Penguin Books, New York, USA, New York (State)
Language
English
Translation of: La Sombra del Viento
Word Count
121,500 words, Guess
Page Count
486 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveshadowofwind00ruizrich
- Internet Archiveshadowofwind00ruiz
- Internet Archiveshadowofwind0000ruiz_o3t0
- ISBN-100143034901
- ISBN-139780143034902
and 5 more
- GooglezQJSrGnJwCcC
- Goodreads58553060
- Library of Congress Control Number2003062376
- OCLC Control Number57617753
- Open LibraryOL16359026M
Classifications
- DDC863.64
- LCCPQ6668.U49 S6613 2005
- LCCPQ6668.U49 S6613 2004
and 1 more
- LCCPQ
Description
Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí, Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambia el rumbo de su vida y le arrastra a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. La Sombra del Viento es un misterio literario ambientado en la Barcelona de la primera mitad del siglo xx, desde los últimos esplendores del Modernismo hasta las tinieblas de la posguerra. Aunando las técnicas del relato de intriga y suspense, la novela histórica y la comedia de costumbres, La Sombra del Viento es sobre todo una trágica historia de amor cuyo eco se proyecta a través del tiempo. Con gran fuerza narrativa, el autor entrelaza tramas y enigmas a modo de muñecas rusas en un inolvidable relato sobre los secretos del corazón y el embrujo de los libros cuya intriga se mantiene hasta la última página. Todavía recuerdo aquel amanecer en que mi padre me llevó por primera vez a visitar El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados
Description
Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals from its war wounds, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julian Carax. But when he sets out to find the author's other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax's books in existence. Soon Daniel's seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love. --back cover
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Genres
- Fiction
Series Statement
- Cemetery of Forgotten Books, 1
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