The Shadow of the Wind
November 13th, 2007 by vanessa
Barcelona, 1945A great world city lies shrouded in secrets after the war, and a boy mourning the loss of his mother finds solace in his love for an extraordinary book called The Shadow of the Wind, by an author named Julian Carax. When the boy searches for Caraxs other books, it begins to dawn on him, to his horror, that someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book the man has ever written. Soon the boy realizes that The Shadow of the Wind is as dangerous to own as it is impossible to forget, for the mystery of its authors identity holds the key to an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love that someone will go to any lengths to keep secret.
Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Paperback: 512 pages
Company: Penguin (Non-Classics) (2005-02-01) (2005-01-25)
ISBN: 0143034901
List Price: $15.00
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