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The Shadow of the Wind
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 863.64
EAN: 9780143034902
ISBN: 0143034901
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 487
Publication Date: February 01, 2005
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Editorial Review:
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.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - An unbelievable read!
It's rare to come across a book as breathtaking and superbly narrated as this one. A novel that makes you wish it were shorter so that you could finish it one read but then makes you yearn for more pages beyond the last, so the story and the spell never ends.
Rating: - Love Love Loved It!
I love this book, read it so fast that by the time I was nearing the end, I had to slow myself down because I didn't want it to end! I have since read it two more times. Love the characters, the plot, the writing.
Rating:  - I wanted to be there..
This book, "Shadow of the Wind" was one of the best I have read in a long time. I found it in a library cast-off sell. Oddly enough; after reading it, I discover that it may be the book that found me. If you don't understand the premise behind that statement than you need to read the book. This book is excellent and I thoroughly enjoyed every second of reading it. It was the best ten cents I have ever spent. It is one of the books that I will read once or twice a year for the next ten years.
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Rating:  - The shadow of a Novel
Among other subjects, this book is really about how one can loose motivation for life, (even to the point of self destruction) and for creativity and expressions. It is a round about way, (maze like) an adventure to recover that spark to write again. A key instrument of the recovery process is a Mont Blanc, Meisterstuck, presumably belonged to Victor Hugo.
Some biographical information on the author: Carols was born in Spain, is a screenwriter living in California. He wrote this ... Read More
Rating: - A B- for Zafon
The Publisher's Weekly review and the one by Steve Koss have it about right. The book's concept and plot are intriguing, but the quality of the writing and some completely implausible incidents and details don't hold up to close attention. That said, I read all 470 pages and finished them feeling torn between being satisfied to see how it all ended and thinking that I'd wasted my time. If you don't expect or demand a literary quality of writing and if you can suspend disbelief, it's a pretty fun ... Read More
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