The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Condition : Acceptable / Good / Very good / Like new

Condition notes : Signs of wear on the exterior of the book, spine slightly yellowed

Summary : In post-Civil War Barcelona, on a misty morning in 1945, a man takes his young son – Daniel Sempere, the narrator – to a mysterious place in the Gothic Quarter: the Cemetery of Forgotten Books.

The child is thus invited by his father to a strange ritual passed down from generation to generation: he must “adopt” a volume from among hundreds of thousands. There, he encounters the book that will change the course of his life and draw him into a labyrinth of adventures and secrets "buried in the soul of the city": The Shadow of the Wind.

With this historical fresco, a coming-of-age novel evoking the emotions of adolescence, a fantastic tale where mysteries interlock like Russian dolls,

Carlos Ruiz Zafón inextricably blends literature and life.

Genre : Gothic Novel, Coming-of-age Novel, Fantasy, Historical Fiction

Publisher : Le Livre de Poche

Format : Paperback

Publication date : 2006

Number of pages : 637

ISBN : 9782253114864