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Wow! What a beautiful poetic book!
This book was a best seller for two years in Spanish before it was translated and became a best seller here. Michael Dirda of The Washington Post said: âAnyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick this upâ.
The story is set in 1945 Barcelona. 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 secretsâ"an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.
Wow, did I ever love this story! Zafon's writing is so poetically beautiful I can hardly wait to find another book written by him.
This book was a best seller for two years in Spanish before it was translated and became a best seller here. Michael Dirda of The Washington Post said: âAnyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick this upâ.
The story is set in 1945 Barcelona. 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 secretsâ"an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.
Wow, did I ever love this story! Zafon's writing is so poetically beautiful I can hardly wait to find another book written by him.
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