by Carlos Ruiz Zafón · Librairie Générale Française (Le Livre de Poche) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782253114864
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«L'ombre du vent» is the mystery novel by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (636 pages, in French).
In 1945 Barcelona, marked by the postwar period, young Daniel Sempere accompanies his father, a second-hand bookseller, to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. There he adopts a copy of «L'ombre du vent»; as he investigates the fate of its author, he becomes embroiled in a web of secrets and mysteries that intertwine literature, the city, and his own story.
First instalment of the «El cementerio de los libros olvidados» saga. Originally published in Spanish as «La sombra del viento», with a translation by François Maspero.
For those seeking a mystery story set in postwar Barcelona, with literature and books as the guiding thread.
Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a Spanish novelist known for his 2001 novel La sombra del viento. The novel sold 15 million copies and was winner of numerous awards; it was included in a list of the 100 best books in Spanish of the last 25 years, made in 2007 by 81 Spanish and Hispanic American writers and critics.
