By Carlos Ruiz Zafon (translated by Lucia Graves)This dark mystery is set in Spain, just after the Civil War. Daniel Sempere is brought to the "Cemetery of Forgotten Books" by his bookseller father. Here he chooses a book to protect for the rest of his life: Shadow of the Wind by Julian Carax. This story directs the course of his life for the next 10 years - as he searches for answers as to the identity of Carax and why have all of his writings been destroyed. Very suspenseful story - a Gothic thriller, historical novel, and tragic love story.
This is the first of what would become a 4-book series (with Angel's Game, Prisoner of Heaven, and Labyrinth of the Spirits). Reading this book felt like I was in the shadows, or reading through a veil: first, it was a translation and second, most of the story takes place at night or in a dark place. There's much to be learned from reading works set in other places, written in other languages. I definitely want to read it again.
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