An edition of La sombra del viento (2001)

The Shadow of the Wind

2005 Phoenix paperback edition (25)

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An edition of La sombra del viento (2001)

The Shadow of the Wind

2005 Phoenix paperback edition (25)

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  • ★★★★ 4.1 (38 ratings) ·
  • 514 Want to read
  • 42 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 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.

Shortlisted by Richard and Judy's Book Club
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Phoenix
Language
English
Pages
510

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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, Jóvenes (Varones), Novela

People

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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Cover of: La Sombra del Viento
La Sombra del Viento
Oct 11, 2016, Booket
mass market paperback
Cover of: L'ombre du vent
L'ombre du vent
2013-04, Robert Laffont
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: Cień wiatru
Cień wiatru
2011, Warszawskie Wydawnictwo Literackie MUZA
in Polish - 7 wyd.
Cover of: A Sombra Do Vento - The Shadow of the Wind -
A Sombra Do Vento - The Shadow of the Wind -
Oct 23, 2009, Suma de Letras
paperback
Cover of: The Shadow of the Wind
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: The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind
2005, Phoenix
Trade Paperback in English - Trade paperback edition, 10th impression
Cover of: The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind
2005, Phoenix
Paperback in English - 2005 Phoenix paperback edition (25)
Cover of: Cień wiatru
Cień wiatru
2005, Warszawskie Wydawn. Literackie Muza SA
in Polish - Wyd. 2.
Cover of: L'ombre du vent
L'ombre du vent
2004-09, Bernard Grasset
Paperback in French

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Edition Notes

Originally published: New York: Penguin, 2004; London: Weidenfled & Nicolson, 2004.
UK

Published in
London
Genre
Fiction.
Copyright Date
2004
Translation Of
La Sombra del viento
Translated From
Spanish

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
863.64

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
510 p. ;
Number of pages
510

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL14445404M
Internet Archive
shadowofwind0000ruiz_j1j5
ISBN 10
0753820250
ISBN 13
9780753820254
OCLC/WorldCat
62025827, 940703007
Library Thing
5174
Google
dh9JPgAACAAJ
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
57634477

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL278437W

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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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