the shadow of the wind by carlos ruíz zafón

įind other novels by Carlos Ruiz Zafón on Art In Fiction. He was the author of The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel's Game, The Prince of Mist, The Midnight Palace, and The Prisoner of Heaven. He divided his time between Barcelona and Los Angeles. It begins in Barcelona in 1945, in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and World War II. His work was translated into more than forty languages and published around the world, garnering numerous international prizes and reaching millions of readers. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Author (s): Vicki J Kondelik JanuThe Shadow of the Wind is a complex, multi-layered novel by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, the first of four novels in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series. 'Gabriel Garcia Marquez meets Umberto Eco meets Jorge Luis Borges for a sprawling magic show.' - The New York Times Book ReviewĬarlos Ruiz Zafón (1964-2020), author of The Shadow of the Wind and other novels, was one of the world’s most read and best-loved writers. Before long, Daniel’s seemingly innocent quest uncovers one of Barcelona’s darkest secrets-an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax’s books in existence. 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. Listed in the Literature category on Art In Fiction, T he Shadow of the Wind (2005) is an historical novel by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.īarcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer’s son who mourns his mother's death, finds comfort in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julián Carax.

The shadow of the wind by carlos ruíz zafón