The Shadow of the Wind

Resumen del libro

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Z is for Zafón. Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War. Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in what he finds in the cemetery of lost books, a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julián 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.

Biografía del autor

Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Barcelona, 1964 - Los Ángeles, 2020) es uno de los autores más reconocidos de la literatura internacional de nuestros días y el escritor español más leído en todo el mundo después de Cervantes. Sus obras han sido traducidas a más de cincuenta idiomas. En 1993 se dio a conocer con El Príncipe de la Niebla, que forma, con El Palacio de la Medianoche y Las Luces de Septiembre, la Trilogía de la Niebla. En 1998 llegó Marina. En 2001 publicó La Sombra del Viento, la primera novela de la saga de El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados, que incluye El Juego del Ángel, El Prisionero del Cielo y El Laberinto de los Espíritus, un universo literario que se ha convertido en uno de los grandes fenómenos de las letras contemporáneas en los cinco continentes. En 2020 se publicó La Ciudad de Vapor, que reúne todos sus cuentos.<br> www.carlosruizzafon.comFB: Carlos Ruiz Zafón OficialTW: zafonoficialIG: zafonoficial