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An edition of La sombra del viento (2001)

The Shadow of the Wind

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  • 37 Ratings
  • 452 Want to read
  • 38 Currently reading
  • 54 Have read

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.
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Subjects
Mothers and sons, Verschollenheit, Widowers, Fiction, Autor, Books, Buch, Young men, Faszination, Rare books, Junge, Antiquarian booksellers, Antiquarian booksellers in fiction, Books in fiction, Rare books in fiction, Young men in fiction, Mothers and sons in fiction, Widowers in fiction, novel, Roman, Literary fiction, Spanish: Adult Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, out-of-print books, Spanish novelists, Novela de misterio, Viudos, Libros raros, Madres e hijos, Jóvenes (Hombres), Ficción, Libros, Libreros anticuarios, Spanish fiction, Fiction, suspense, Authors, fiction, Barcelona (spain), fiction, Booksellers and bookselling, fiction, Noveller, Mystery fiction, Books and reading, Social conditions, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2009-07-12, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Fortellinger, Forteljingar, Fiction, thrillers, general, Spanish Detective and mystery stories, Jeunes hommes, Romans, nouvelles, Livres rares
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Daniel Sempere, Julián Carax, Señor Sempere, Fermín Romero de Torres, Francisco Javier Fumero, Nuria Monfort, Tomás Aguilar, Bea Aguilar, Clara Barceló, Penélope Aldaya, Isaac Monfort, Laín Coubert
Places
Barcelona, Spain, España, El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados, Barcelona (Spain)
Times
1945, 1933-1966

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La Sombra del Viento
Oct 11, 2016, Booket
mass market paperback
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L'ombre du vent
2013-04, Robert Laffont
Mass Market Paperback in French
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Cień wiatru
2011, Warszawskie Wydawnictwo Literackie MUZA
in Polish - 7 wyd.
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A Sombra Do Vento - The Shadow of the Wind -
Oct 23, 2009, Suma de Letras
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The Shadow of the Wind
2009, Phoenix
paperback in English - 2009 Reissued Phoenix paperback edition (30)
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The Shadow of the Wind
2008?, Penguin Books
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La sombra del viento
2007, Planeta
in Spanish - 1a ed., 4a reimp.
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Der Schatten des Windes
2006, Suhrkamp
mass market paperback in German - Erste Auflage (18)
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Cień wiatru
2005, Warszawskie Wydawn. Literackie Muza SA
in Polish - Wyd. 2.
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The Shadow of the Wind
2005, Phoenix
Trade Paperback in English - Trade paperback edition, 10th impression
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L'ombre du vent
2004-09, Bernard Grasset
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New York, NY, USA

Edition Notes

US/CAN

Series
Cemetery of Forgotten Books, 1
Copyright Date
2004
Translation Of
La Sombra del viento
Translated From
Spanish

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
863.64
Library of Congress
PQ6668.U49 S6613 2005

Contributors

Translator
Lucia Graves

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
486p.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28169491M
Internet Archive
shadowofwind00ruiz
ISBN 10
0143034901
ISBN 13
9780143034902
LCCN
2003062376
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0143034901
Goodreads
51471539

Work 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

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