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La Sombra Del Viento/ the Shadow of the Wind (Autores Espanoles E Iberoamericanos)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780974872407
ISBN: 0974872407
Label: Planeta
Manufacturer: Planeta
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: June 30, 2006
Publisher: Planeta
Studio: Planeta
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Rating:  - La sombra del viento, The sadow of the wind
I've been reading the first 2 chapters in the web page of the author in Spanish and I'm surprised by the simplistic modern languaje used and the topic one direction of characthers. The description of the Books sementary seems from National Treasure III... Sorry but I expected too much from this overhyped book...Kind of Da Vinci Code mixed up with culebron (Latin soap opera TV). The languaje and constructions are too simple.Perhaps this is why is a best seller? I guess you can read it in an airport ... Read More
Rating:  - Though enjoyable, it promises more than what it delivers
The book is very good in conveying the sad and dark environment of post Civil War Spain and, if you have ever been to Barcelona, you feel it has been able to capture the spirit of the city. It is enjoyable and always keeps the reader interested, but in many aspects it remains a promise without achieving the expectations it arises during the first chapters. The plot, though in a restraint way, borders the soap opera and characters lose psycolgical depth and tend more to stereotypes as the book progresses ... Read More
Rating:  - Para mejorar su espanol
Libros por Carlos Ruiz Zafon son entre los mejores que he leido, tanto para la historia como para una manera de ensenarme.
A mi me gusta fantasias y muchas palabras duras son repetidas bastante para entender despues de leer sus novelas. Aun esta que es escrita por adultos es un libro que puedo gozar y despues de releyendola sea posible que tendre mas palabras en mi vocabulario. Sus primeros cuatro que son por estudiantes juveniles deben ser leido primero si como yo su primer idioma no es el espanol. ... Read More
Rating: - the shadow of the wind
one of the best novel I ever read in my life, very sensible and real...
Its take you to those dark and light places that we carry inside as a human nature...
Rating: - A masterpiece
La Sombra del Viento is the story of the son of a bookstore owner, Daniel Sempere, who is sent to the cemetery of the books--a place where books go when no one reads them--and is allowed to pick one. He chooses La Sombra del Viento by Julian Carax. After he reads the book a mysterious ghostlike figures follows him and tries to burn/buy the book from him. Daniel restores the book to the book cemetery but is intrigued by everything he reads in the novel. As he tries to research Julian Carax's life, he meets ... Read More
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