The Shadow of the Wind
By: Carlos Ruiz Zafón ; translated by Lucia Graves.
Contributors: Graves, Lucia.
Edition: 13th printing
Series: Cemetery of Forgotten Books, 1
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Translated from: spa
Translation of: La Sombra del Viento
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 486
ISBN-13: 9780143034902
Copyright date: 2004
Subjects: Young men -- Spain -- Barcelona -- Fiction; Antiquarian booksellers -- Spain -- Barcelona -- Fiction; Mothers and sons -- Spain -- Barcelona -- Fiction; Widowers -- Spain -- Barcelona -- Fiction; Books -- Spain -- Barcelona -- Fiction; Rare books -- Spain -- Barcelona -- Fiction; Barcelona (Spain) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
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.
--back cover
Notes: Originally published in Spanish as: La sombra del viento. Barcelona : Editorial Planeta, 2001.

Originally published in United States: Penguin Press, 2004.