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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 morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book and from the dusty shelves pulls The Shadow of the Wind by Juliån 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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Contains a 12-page exclusive Shadow of the Wind walk in Barcelona
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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, Jóvenes (Varones), NovelaShowing 11 featured editions. View all 93 editions?
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Cień wiatru
2011, Warszawskie Wydawnictwo Literackie MUZA
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The Shadow of the Wind
2009, Phoenix
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A Sombra Do Vento - The Shadow of the Wind -
Oct 23, 2009, Suma de Letras
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Der Schatten des Windes
2006, Suhrkamp
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The Shadow of the Wind
2005, Phoenix
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The Shadow of the Wind: A Novel
2005, Penguin Books, Phoenix
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2005, Warszawskie Wydawn. Literackie Muza SA
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"A SECRET'S WORTH DEPENDS ON THE PEOPLE FROM WHOM IT MUST be kept."
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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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