An edition of La sombra del viento (2001)

The Shadow of the Wind

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An edition of La sombra del viento (2001)

The Shadow of the Wind

Trade paperback edition, 10th impression
  • 4.1 (38 ratings) ·
  • 503 Want to read
  • 41 Currently reading
  • 57 Have read

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 morn- ing in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book and from the dusty shelves pulls The Shadow of the Wind by Julian 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.
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Publisher
Phoenix
Language
English
Pages
402

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2013-04, Robert Laffont
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Cień wiatru
2011, Warszawskie Wydawnictwo Literackie MUZA
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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)
Cover of: La sombra del viento
La sombra del viento
2007, Planeta
in Spanish - 1a ed., 4a reimp.
Cover of: Der Schatten des Windes
Der Schatten des Windes
2006, Suhrkamp
mass market paperback in German - Erste Auflage (18)
Cover of: Cień wiatru
Cień wiatru
2005, Warszawskie Wydawn. Literackie Muza SA
in Polish - Wyd. 2.
Cover of: The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind
2005, Phoenix
Trade Paperback in English - Trade paperback edition, 10th impression
Cover of: L'ombre du vent
L'ombre du vent
2004-09, Bernard Grasset
Paperback in French

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Edition Notes

UK

Published in
London
Copyright Date
2004

Classifications

Library of Congress
PQ6668.U49

Contributors

Translator
Lucia Graves

The Physical Object

Format
Trade Paperback
Pagination
402p.
Number of pages
402

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31467817M
Internet Archive
shadowofwind0000ruiz
ISBN 10
0753819317
ISBN 13
9780753819319
OCLC/WorldCat
781497663
Goodreads
56132495

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Better World Books record

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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