description: 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. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'La Sombra del Viento' by Julian Carax. But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. 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 La Sombra del Viento, a character who turns out to be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax's work in order to burn them. What begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax and to save those he left behind. A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can lead.
language: English
title: The Shadow of the Wind
titlecomplete: The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
characters: Jacinta Coronado, Antoni Fortuny, Julián Carax, Daniel Sempere, Fermín Romero de Torres, Clara Barceló, Jorge Aldaya, Nuria Monfort, Ricardo Aldaya, Tomas Aguilar, Miquel Moliner, Francisco Javier Fumero, Gustavo Barceló, Fernando Ramos, Beatriz Aguilar, Bernarda, Penélope Aldaya, Sophie Carax
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Spain, Magical Realism, Gothic, Spanish Literature, Historical, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Books About Books
ratings_count: 609730
places: Spain, Barcelona, Catalonia
series: El cementerio de los libros olvidados
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Barry Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Gumshoe Award
category: Best European Crime Novel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Borders Original Voices Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Dilys Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Humo's Gouden Bladwijzer, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Prix des libraires du Québec
category: Lauréats hors Québec, awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: One Book One San Diego, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa
publisher: Penguin Books