Thus, unravelling a long story that has been buried in the depths of oblivion, Daniel and Fermín come across a love story, the beautiful yet tragic story of Julián and Penélope, both of whom seem to have been missing since 1919-that is, nearly thirty years earlier. But their probing into the murky past of a number of people who have been either long dead or long forgotten unleashes the dark forces of the murderous Inspector Fumero. After being hired as an assistant in his father's bookshop, he helps Daniel investigate the mystery of Carax. His possession of the book also attracts the attention of a mysterious stranger with a badly burned and disfigured face named Lain Coubert (the name of the character of the devil in the book) who is also trying to get his hands on it.ĭaniel befriends a man who goes by the alias of Fermín Romero de Torres, who was imprisoned and tortured in Montjuïc Castle as a result of his involvement in espionage against the government during the Civil War. However, she is several years older and does not reciprocate his feelings. Daniel refuses to sell it, but soon falls in love with Barcelo's blind niece, Clara, and begins to pay frequent visits to read "The Shadow of the Wind" to her. When word gets around that Daniel possesses the only known copy of "The Shadow of the Wind," he receives an inquiry from Gustavo Barcelo, a rare bookseller and expert on Carax who wishes to purchase it. Daniel then sets out to find out what happened to the author and his books. He soon discovers that the book's mysterious author, Carax, has gone missing along with every other copy of "The Shadow of the Wind" and most of his other works. Daniel quickly reads and falls in love with the story. Daniel is drawn to one called "The Shadow of the Wind" by Julian Carax and takes it home with him. One day, his father takes him to the Cemetery of Forgotten books - a secret labyrinthine library that houses rare and banned books. The novel opens in the 1940's with the protagonist, Daniel, a boy whose father owns a bookshop in Barcelona. The novel is actually a story within a story. His third in the series, The Prisoner of Heaven, is the sequel to The Shadow of the Wind. Ruiz Zafón's follow-up, The Angel's Game, is a prequel to The Shadow of the Wind. It is believed to have sold 15 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling books of all time. It was published in the United States by Penguin Books and in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Orion Books. The book was translated into English in 2004 by Lucia Graves and sold over a million copies in the UK after already achieving success on mainland Europe, topping the Spanish bestseller lists for weeks.
The Shadow of the Wind ( Spanish: La sombra del viento) is a 2001 novel by the Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón and a worldwide bestseller.
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