{"product_id":"the-shadow-of-the-wind-hardcover","title":"The Shadow of the Wind - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarlos Ruiz Zafon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLucia Graves\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarcelona, 1945--just after the war, a great world city lies in shadow, nursing its wounds, and a boy named Daniel awakes on his eleventh birthday to find that he can no longer remember his mother's face. To console his only child, Daniel's widowed father, an antiquarian book dealer, initiates him into the secret of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a library tended by Barcelona's guild of rare-book dealers as a repository for books forgotten by the world, waiting for someone who will care about them again. Daniel's father coaxes him to choose a volume from the spiraling labyrinth of shelves, one that, it is said, will have a special meaning for him. And Daniel so loves the novel he selects, The Shadow of the Wind by one Julian Carax, that he sets out to find the rest of Carax's work. To his shock, he discovers that someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book this author has written. In fact, he may have the last one in existence. Before Daniel knows it his seemingly innocent quest has opened a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets, an epic story of murder, magic, madness and doomed love. And before long he realizes that if he doesn't find out the truth about Julian Carax, he and those closest to him will suffer horribly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs with all astounding novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of the Wind \u003c\/i\u003esends the mind groping for comparisons --\u003cb\u003eT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Crimson Petal and the White\u003c\/i\u003e? The novels of Arturo P rez-Reverte? Of Victor Hugo? \u003ci\u003eLove in the Time of Cholera\u003c\/i\u003e?--but in the end, as with all astounding novels, no comparison can suffice. As one leading Spanish reviewer wrote, \"The originality of Ruiz Zaf n's voice is bombproof and displays a diabolical talent. \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e announces a phenomenon in Spanish literature.\" An uncannily absorbing historical mystery, a heart-piercing romance, and a moving homage to the mystical power of books, \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph of the storyteller's art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarlos Ruiz Zafón was one of the world's most read and best-loved writers. His work has been translated into more than forty languages and published around the world, garnering numerous international prizes and reaching millions of readers. He was the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of the Wind, The Angel's Game, The Prince of Mist, The Midnight Palace, \u003ci\u003eThe Prisoner of Heaven, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe City of Mist\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), published posthumorously\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He died in 2020. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eLucia Graves is the author and translator of many works and has overseen Spanish-language editions of the poetry of her father, Robert Graves.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 486\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.51 x 9.58 x 6.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Book Sense Book of the Year Award (2005)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dilys Award (2005)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52023301865773,"sku":"9781594200106","price":28.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-shadow-of-the-wind-hardcover-2976912.webp?v=1777431368","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-shadow-of-the-wind-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}