486 pages
English language
Published April 20, 2005 by Penguin.
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
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.
