Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados La Sombra del Viento / Shadow of the Wind, Book 1, (Paperback)

from rebachin

I'm finishing up The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafron as I type this, unsure of how exactly to respond, because I am unsure of how it will end! It is definitely a climatic ending!! About an hour back in the book, the question** occured to me; Is this completely devoted, self-sacrificing e...

from Lman

It is difficult to explain the enticement - the bond - for a book lover, when reading a book like The Shadow of the Wind: only that it articulates that exact love of books, and the profound connection to the words within. And as such, it resonates fully with any serious reader, for not only does ...

from Smiler69

In this wonderful gothic novel, set in post-Spanish Civil War Barcelona, our young narrator Daniel is about to go through a passage of rites. His father, an antique book dealer, is leading the boy to the mysterious and secret Cemetery of Forgotten Books. There, he instructs his son to choose only...

from karieh

It seems as if nearly every quote on this book references Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I've only read One Hundred Years of Solitude but I agree...this book does have distinct similarities. The lushness of the prose, the larger than life characters, the background sense of a fairy tale that makes the r...

from readingwithtea

Having seen this available for £1 at a Lancaster book stall, I had to pick it up after everything that I've heard about it over the years. The writing itself is excellent - "flashing a mysterious smile probably borrowed from the pages of one of his worn Alexandre Dumas romances" is one of my favo...