The Shadow of the Wind
Subtitle: A Novel
Contributors: Graves , Lucia
Edition: 2005 Phoenix paperback edition (1)
Series: Cemetery of Forgotten Books, 1
Publisher: Penguin Books; Phoenix
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9780753821206
Copyright date: 2004
Genres: Suspense
First sentence: A SECRET'S WORTH DEPENDS ON THE PEOPLE FROM WHOM IT MUST be kept.
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 ten-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 Juliån 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 Juliån Carax and to save those he left behind. 

Shortlisted by Richard and Judy's Book Club 

Includes Reading Notes 

Contains a 12-page exclusive Shadow of the Wind walk in Barcelona
--back cover
Notes: US/CAN