Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

This book was amazing. It is a mystery, romance, thriller, horror all in one. Zafon is a Spanish author and this translation by Lucia Graves is wonderful. His descriptions make you feel as if you are walking down the street in Barcelona in the late 1940s. Very easy to read.

The story is about a boy who picks a book out in the Cemetery of Forgotten books (this huge library of books that is in this underground cellar). He wants to read more books by the author but lo and behold he cannot find any books by the author anywhere! A strange man finds out that he is looking for the books. The strange man wants to burn them all, but we just don't know why. Thus begins an engrossing tale that intertwines many characters lives.

Highly Recommended!!!

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