The Shadow of the Wind

The Shadow of the Wind--------------------------------------------------Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery oflost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titlesthat have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowedto choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'La Sombra del Viento'by Julian Carax. But as he grows up, several people seem inordinatelyinterested in his find. Then, one night, as he is wandering the oldstreets once more, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds himof a character from La Sombra del Viento, a character who turns outto be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax'swork in order to burn them. What begins as a case of literary curiosityturns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death ofJulian Carax and to save those he left behind. A page-turning explorationof obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsessioncan lead.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Carlos Ruiz Zafon is the author of six novels, includingthe international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind, and The Angel'sGame. His work has been published in more than forty different languages,and honoured with numerous international awards. He divides his timebetween Barcelona, Spain, and Los Angeles, California.