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

printing (18)
  • 4.14 ·
  • 37 Ratings
  • 468 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.
--back cover

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Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
500

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mass market paperback
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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.
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Oct 23, 2009, Suma de Letras
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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, Penguin Books
Paperback in English - printing (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: 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

US/CAN

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New York
Copyright Date
2005

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
863'.64
Library of Congress
PQ6668.U49S6613 2004, PQ6668.U49 S6613 2004

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
486p.
Number of pages
500

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24300551M
Internet Archive
shadowofwind0000ruiz_o3t0
ISBN 10
0143034901
ISBN 13
9780143034902
LCCN
2003062376
OCLC/WorldCat
1146549022, 798696911, 1249600037
Goodreads
58553046

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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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June 26, 2010 Created by Fiction Addiction Created new edition record.