num_pages: 19
description: bBarnes Noble Discover Great New Writers/bbrIn the postwar calm of 1945 Barcelona, ten-year-old Daniel Sempere awakes from a nightmare and, to his horror, realizes that he can no longer remember the face of his deceased mother. In an effort to divert his son's attention from this sharply felt fear and loss, his father, a rare-book dealer, first swears Daniel to secrecy, then takes him to a clandestine library where Daniel is allowed to select a single book.p Entranced, Daniel picks a novel, iThe Shadow of the Wind/i, written by the enigmatic Juli�n Carax, who is rumored to have fled Spain under murky circumstances, and later died. As Daniel begins to search for other works by his favorite new author, he discovers that they have all been destroyed -- torched by a mysterious stranger obsessed with obliterating Carax's literary legacy from the face of the earth. pThough Daniel's copy of Carax's novel is the last in existence, he's unwilling to part with it at any price and dedicates himself to revealing the truth about Carax. Aided in his quest by the good-humored Ferm�n Romero de Torres, a former beggar whose "difficult life-lessons" enable him to keep a step ahead of trouble, Daniel begins to uncover a tale of murder, madness, and secrets that might best be forgotten. And as he wends his way through Barcelona society, both high and low, he comes to realize that his own part in iThe Shadow of the Wind/i is more than that of a mere reader. p Also available ien espa�ol/i! i(Summer 2004 Selection)/i
language: English
title: The Shadow of the Wind
titlecomplete: The Shadow of the Wind
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 Audio