num_pages: 506
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. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son, Daniel, one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book and from the dusty shelves pulls The Shadow of the Wind by Julian Carax. But as Daniel grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. 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.(back cover)
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: 610147
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: Phoenix