num_pages: 403
description: Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'Cemetery of Forgotten Books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, one cold morning in 1945, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Julián Carax.Captivated by the novel from its very first page, Daniel reads the book in one sitting. But he is not the only one interested in Carax. As he grows up in a Barcelona still suffering the aftershocks of a violent civil war, Daniel is haunted by the story of the author, a man who seems to have disappeared without trace after a duel in Père Lachaise cemetery.Then one night, in the old streets of the city centre, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from 'The Shadow of the wind', a character who turns out to be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax's works 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 Julián Carax, and to save those he left behind.A phenomenal bestseller across Europe, 'The Shadow of the Wind' is a dazzling exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the dark places such obsessions can lead.
language: English
title: The Shadow of the Wind
titlecomplete: The Shadow of the Wind
characters: Miquel Moliner, Nuria Monfort, Jorge Aldaya, Gustavo Barceló, Bernarda, Fernando Ramos, Clara Barceló, Penélope Aldaya, Jacinta Coronado, Ricardo Aldaya, Sophie Carax, Antoni Fortuny, Julián Carax, Beatriz Aguilar, Daniel Sempere, Francisco Javier Fumero, Fermín Romero de Torres, Tomas Aguilar
genres: Fiction, Historical, Books About Books, Magical Realism, Gothic, Mystery, Spanish Literature, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Spain
ratings_count: 609960
places: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson