num_pages: 16
description: Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals from its war wounds, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julian Carax. 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. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax's books in existence. Soon Daniel's seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.
language: English
title: The Shadow of the Wind
titlecomplete: The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
characters: Francisco Javier Fumero, Fermín Romero de Torres, Nuria Monfort, Beatriz Aguilar, Bernarda, Tomas Aguilar, Miquel Moliner, Jorge Aldaya, Gustavo Barceló, Jacinta Coronado, Penélope Aldaya, Ricardo Aldaya, Daniel Sempere, Antoni Fortuny, Julián Carax, Sophie Carax, Fernando Ramos, Clara Barceló
genres: Historical, Books About Books, Gothic, Spain, Spanish Literature, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery
ratings_count: 609886
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