The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Daniel Sempere, a bookseller's son in postwar Barcelona, is taken to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and picks out a novel by Julian Carax, then finds that someone is systematically destroying every copy of everything Carax wrote. Published in Spanish in 2001; Lucia Graves's English translation followed in 2004. It is the first of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books books, with The Angel's Game as a prequel and The Prisoner of Heaven as a sequel.
Why you should read this
A gothic mystery set in post-Civil War Barcelona, Carlos Ruiz Zafón's novel became an international best-seller and launched a multi-volume series built around a hidden literary archive. Best for readers who want atmospheric, plot-driven suspense over demanding prose.
- Field
- Literature
- Form
- Fiction
- Published
- 2001
- Themes
- Spanish LiteratureLiteratureContemporary
