Trade Paperback, 402 pages
English language
Published April 20, 2005 by Phoenix.
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 morn- ing 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 Juliån Carax and to save those he left behind. --back cover
Uno de esos libros que van despacio, pero están escritos con un trazo inolvidable. Marcados quedarán por siempre muchos de estos personajes en mi memoria.
Es una historia auténtica, y creo que apta para cualquier amante de la literatura.
Si tenéis la oportunidad, el audiolibro de Jordi Boixaderas será un acompañante magnífico en vuestros diarios viajes al trabajo.
La sombra del viento es una de esas lecturas que te enamoran de los libros en general.
"I adored her all the more, because of the eternal human stupidity of pursuing those who hurt us the most." This novel seems to me (because I have only read 10%) the kind that could have been written by a 12 year old child. The book is full of "deep" revelations similar to the one quoted at the beginning of my review. Maybe it's done on purpose as it tells a story from the point of view of a ten year old boy but for me it's a bit overdone and makes for a tedious reading.
