This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax's work in order to burn them. Then, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from the book, a character who turns out to be the devil. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Julian Carax.īut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'Cemetery of Lost Books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. The Shadow of the Wind is a stunning literary thriller in which the discovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive author who may or may not still be alive. 'Shadow is the real deal, a novel full of cheesy splendour and creaking trapdoors, a novel where even the subplots have subplots. The international bestseller and modern classic - over 20 million copies sold worldwide The Shadow of the Wind: The Cemetery of Forgotten Books 1
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