THE SHADOW OF THE WIND - CARLOS RUIZ ZAFÓN
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 shevles pulls The Shadow of the Wind by Julián Carax. But as Daniel grown 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 Julián Carax and to save those he left behind.
‘One of those rare novels that combine brilliant plotting with sublime writing…word of mouth alone is sure to make it a bestseller’ - Sunday Times
‘Atmospheric, beguiling and thoroughly readable’ - Observer
‘If you want to be totally gripped, I would recommend The Shadow of the Wind… Written with exuberance and humour, it’s strong on atmosphere and consistently suspenseful’ - Sunday Telegraph
Carlos Ruiz Zafón was born in 1964 in Barcelona and is the award-winning author of five books. After Don Quixote, Shadow of the Wind is the most successful Spanish novel ever, and has sold seven million copies worldwide. It has been translated into over forty languages, received numerous international awards and has been on the best-seller lists of several countries for more than four years. His latest novel, The Angel’s Game, is also set in nineteenth-century Barcelona and is published by Orion.
