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L'ombre du vent : roman

Barcelona 1945: young Daniel Sempere is taken to a fabulous secret library called the Cemetery of Forgotten Books where he is told he must 'adopt' a single book, promising to care for it always. Entranced by his chosen book, The Shadow of the Wind, Daniel begins a quest to find the truth about the life and death of its mysterious author.

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  • "Shadow of the wind"
  • "Sombra del viento"@he
  • "La sombra del viento"
  • "Sombra del viento"@pl
  • "Sombra del viento"
  • "Sombra del viento"@it
  • "Ombra del vento"
  • "Shadow of the Wind / Spanish"

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  • "Barcelona 1945: young Daniel Sempere is taken to a fabulous secret library called the Cemetery of Forgotten Books where he is told he must 'adopt' a single book, promising to care for it always. Entranced by his chosen book, The Shadow of the Wind, Daniel begins a quest to find the truth about the life and death of its mysterious author."@en
  • "Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals from its war wounds, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julian Carax. But when he sets out to find the author's other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax's books in existence. Soon Daniel's seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love."
  • "Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is a labyrinthine library of obscure & forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. A man brings his 10-year-old son to the library & allows him to choose one book to keep. But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find."
  • "Barcelona 1945--Just after the war, a great world city lies in shadow, and a boy named DAniel awakes one day to find that he can no longer remember his mother's face. To console his only child, Daniel's widowed father, and antiquarian book dealer, initiates him into the secret of the Cemetary of Forgotten Books, a library tended by Barcelona's quild of rare-book dealers as a repository for books forgotten by the world. Daniel's father coaxes him to choose a book that will have a special meaning for him. And Daniel so loves the book he selects, a novel called the Shadow of the Wind by one Julian Carax, that he sets out to find the rest of Carax's work. To his shock, he discovers that someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book this author has written. In fact, he may have the 1st of Carax's books in existence. Before Daniel knows it, his innocent quest has opened a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets, an epic story of murder, magic, madness and doomed love."
  • "Appeared on the long list for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2005."
  • "Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados."
  • "Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí, Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambia el rumbo de su vida y le arrastra a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad."
  • "The story of a boy's quest through the secrets and shadows of postwar Barcelona for a mysterious author whose book has proved as dangerous to own as it is impossible to forget."
  • "In 1945, Daniel Sempere's father takes his son to the hidden place of forgotten books in Barcelona, an act which changes the boy's life and introduces him to the secret heart of his city in the early twentieth century."
  • "The story of a boy's quest through the secrets and shadows of postwar Barcelona, searching for a mysterious author whose book has proved as dangerous to own as it is impossible to forget."
  • "Barcelona 1945: young Daniel Sempere is taken to a fabulous secret library where he is told to adopt a single book, promising to care for it and keep it alive always. Entranced by his chosen book, he begins a quest to find the truth about the life and death of its mysterious author. Imprint."
  • "Daniel Semperes Leben im grauen Barcelona der Nachkriegszeit erfährt eine drastische Wende, als er die Schicksalsbahn eines geheimnisvollen Buches kreuzt. Er gerät in ein Labyrinth abenteuerlich verknüpfter Lebensläufe, und es ist, als wiederhole sich vergangene Geschichte in seinem eigenen Leben. Die Menschen, denen er bei seiner Suche nach dem verschollenen Autor begegnet, die Frauen, in die er sich verliebt - sie alle scheinen Figuren in einem grossen Spiel, dessen Fäden erst ganz am Schluss sichtbar werden."
  • "A boy named Daniel selects a novel from a library of rare books, enjoying it so much that he searches for the rest of the author's works, only to discover that someone is destroying every book the author has ever written. Barcelona, 1945-just after the war, a great world city lies in shadow, nursing its wounds, and a boy named Daniel awakes on his eleventh birthday to find that he can no longer remember his mother's face. To console his only child, Daniel's widowed father, an antiquarian book dealer, initiates him into the secret of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a library tended by Barcelona's guild of rare-book dealers as a repository for books forgotten by the world, waiting for someone who will care about them again. Daniel's father coaxes him to choose a volume from the spiraling labyrinth of shelves, one that, it is said, will have a special meaning for him. And Daniel so loves the novel he selects, The Shadow of the Wind by one Julian Carax, that he sets out to find the rest of Carax's work. To his shock, he discovers that someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book this author has written. In fact, he may have the last one in existence. Before Daniel knows it his seemingly innocent quest has opened a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets, an epic story of murder, magic, madness and doomed love. And before long he realizes that if he doesn't find out the truth about Julian Carax, he and those closest to him will suffer horribly. As with all astounding novels, The Shadow of the Wind sends the mind groping for comparisons- The Crimson Petal and the White? The novels of Arturo Peacute-Reverte? Of Victor Hugo? Love in the Time of Cholera?-but in the end, as with all astounding novels, no comparison can suffice. As one leading Spanish reviewer wrote, ldquo. The originality of Ruiz Zafoacute's voice is bombproof and displays a diabolical talent. The Shadow of the Wind announces a phenomenon in Spanish literature. An uncannily absorbing historical mystery, a heart-piercing romance, and a moving homage to the mystical power of books, The Shadow of the Wind is a triumph of the storyteller's art."@en
  • "A boy named Daniel selects a novel from a library of rare books, enjoying it so much that he searches for the rest of the author's works, only to discover that someone is destroying every book the author has ever written. Barcelona, 1945-just after the war, a great world city lies in shadow, nursing its wounds, and a boy named Daniel awakes on his eleventh birthday to find that he can no longer remember his mother's face. To console his only child, Daniel's widowed father, an antiquarian book dealer, initiates him into the secret of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a library tended by Barcelona's guild of rare-book dealers as a repository for books forgotten by the world, waiting for someone who will care about them again. Daniel's father coaxes him to choose a volume from the spiraling labyrinth of shelves, one that, it is said, will have a special meaning for him. And Daniel so loves the novel he selects, The Shadow of the Wind by one Julian Carax, that he sets out to find the rest of Carax's work. To his shock, he discovers that someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book this author has written. In fact, he may have the last one in existence. Before Daniel knows it his seemingly innocent quest has opened a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets, an epic story of murder, magic, madness and doomed love. And before long he realizes that if he doesn't find out the truth about Julian Carax, he and those closest to him will suffer horribly. As with all astounding novels, The Shadow of the Wind sends the mind groping for comparisons- The Crimson Petal and the White? The novels of Arturo Peacute-Reverte? Of Victor Hugo? Love in the Time of Cholera?-but in the end, as with all astounding novels, no comparison can suffice. As one leading Spanish reviewer wrote, ldquo. The originality of Ruiz Zafoacute's voice is bombproof and displays a diabolical talent. The Shadow of the Wind announces a phenomenon in Spanish literature. An uncannily absorbing historical mystery, a heart-piercing romance, and a moving homage to the mystical power of books, The Shadow of the Wind is a triumph of the storyteller's art."
  • "Un amanecer de 1945 un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí, Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambiará el rumbo de su vida y le arrastrará a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. Un misterio literario ambientado en la Barcelona de la primera mitad del siglo XX, desde los últimos esplendores del Modernismo a las tinieblas de la posguerra, esta novela mezcla técnicas de relato de intriga, de novela histórica y de comedia de costumbres pero es, sobre todo, una tragedia histórica de amor cuyo eco se proyecta a través del tiempo.--From publisher description."
  • "It is 1945 and Barcelona is enduring the long aftermath of the Civil War, when Daniel Sempere's bookseller father decides his son is old enough to visit the secret Cemetery of Forgotten Books. There Daniel must 'adopt' a single book, promising to care for it and keep it alive always. His choice falls on "Shadow of the Wind." Bewitched, he embarks on an epic quest to find the truth about Julian Carax, the book's mysterious author. Soon, Daniel is consumed by strange discoveries about love and obsession, art and life, and how they become entangled within the shadow world of books."@en
  • "A boy's quest through the secrets and shadows of postwar Barcelona for a mysterious author whose book has proved as dangerous to own as it is impossible to forget."
  • "A boy named Daniel selects a novel from a library of rare books, enjoying it so much that he searches for the rest of the author's works, only to discover that someone is destroying every book the author has ever written. In fact, he may have the last one in existence. Before Daniel knows it his seemingly innocent quest has opened a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets, an epic story of murder, magic, madness and doomed love. And before long he realizes that if he doesn't find out the truth about Julian Carax, he and those closest to him will suffer horribly."
  • "Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazon de la cuidad vieja: El Cementerio de los Libros Olivados. Alli Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambia el rumbo de su vida y le arrastra a un labertinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la cuidad."
  • "Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazon de la ciudad vieja: El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Alli, Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambia el rumbo de su vida y le arrastra a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad."
  • "A boy named Daniel selects a novel from a library of rare books, enjoying it so much that he searches for the rest of the author's works, only to discover that someone is destroying every book the author has ever written. In fact, he may have the last one in existence. Before Daniel knows it, his seemingly innocent quest has opened a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets, an epic story of murder, magic, madness and doomed love. And before long he realizes that if he doesn't find out the truth about the author, he and those closest to him will suffer horribly."
  • "La 4ème de couv. indique : "Un amanecer de 1945 un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí, Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambiará el rumbo de su vida y le arrastra a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. La Sombra del Viento es un misterio literario ambientado en la Barcelona de la primera mitad del siglo XX, desde los últimos esplendores del Modernismo a las tinieblas de la posguerra.""
  • ""A boy named Daniel selects a novel from a library of rare books, enjoying it so much that he searches for the rest of the author's works, only to discover that someone is destroying every book the author has ever written. Barcelona, 1945-just after the war, a great world city lies in shadow, nursing its wounds, and a boy named Daniel awakes on his eleventh birthday to find that he can no longer remember his mother's face. To console his only child, Daniel's widowed father, an antiquarian book dealer, initiates him into the secret of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a library tended by Barcelona's guild of rare-book dealers as a repository for books forgotten by the world, waiting for someone who will care about them again. Daniel's father coaxes him to choose a volume from the spiraling labyrinth of shelves, one that, it is said, will have a special meaning for him. And Daniel so loves the novel he selects, The Shadow of the Wind by one Julian Carax, that he sets out to find the rest of Carax's work. To his shock, he discovers that someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book this author has written. In fact, he may have the last one in existence. Before Daniel knows it his seemingly innocent quest has opened a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets, an epic story of murder, magic, madness and doomed love. And before long he realizes that if he doesn't find out the truth about Julian Carax, he and those closest to him will suffer horribly.""
  • "Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazOn de la ciudad vieja: el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. AllI encuentra La Sombra del Viento, un libro maldito que cambiarA el rumbo de su vida y le arrastrarA a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. Ambientada en la enigmAtica Barcelona de principios del siglo XX, este misterio literario mezcla tEcnicas de relato de intriga, de novela histOrica y de comedia de costumbres, pero es, sobre todo, una tragedia histOrica de amor cuyo eco se proyecta a travEs del tiempo. Con gran fuerza narrativa, el autor entrelaza tramas y enigmas a modo de muNecas rusas en un inolvidable relato sobre los secretos del corazOn y el embrujo de los libros, manteniendo la intriga hasta la Ultima pAgina. From the Trade Paperback edition."
  • "A boy named Daniel selects a novel from a library of rare books, enjoying it so much that he searches for the rest of the author's works, only to discover that someone is destroying every book the author has ever written. Barcelona, 1945-just after the war, a great world city lies in shadow, nursing its wounds, and a boy named Daniel awakes on his eleventh birthday to find that he can no longer remember his mother's face. To console his only child, Daniel's widowed father, an antiquarian book dealer, initiates him into the secret of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a library tended by Barcelona's guild of rare-book dealers as a repository for books forgotten by the world, waiting for someone who will care about them again. Daniel's father coaxes him to choose a volume from the spiraling labyrinth of shelves, one that, it is said, will have a special meaning for him. And Daniel so loves the novel he selects, The Shadow of the Wind by one Julian Carax, that he sets out to find the rest of Carax's work. To his shock, he discovers that someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book this author has written. In fact, he may have the last one in existence. Before Daniel knows it his seemingly innocent quest has opened a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets, an epic story of murder, magic, madness and doomed love. And before long he realizes that if he doesn't find out the truth about Julian Carax, he and those closest to him will suffer horribly. As with all astounding novels, The Shadow of the Wind sends the mind groping for comparisons- The Crimson Petal and the White? The novels of Arturo Peacute-Reverte? Of Victor Hugo? Love in the Time of Cholera ?-but in the end, as with all astounding novels, no comparison can suffice. As one leading Spanish reviewer wrote, ldquo. The originality of Ruiz Zafoacute's voice is bombproof and displays a diabolical talent. The Shadow of the Wind announces a phenomenon in Spanish literature. An uncannily absorbing historical mystery, a heart-piercing romance, and a moving homage to the mystical power of books, The Shadow of the Wind is a triumph of the storyteller's art."
  • "The international literary sensation--a runaway bestseller in Spain--is about a boy's quest through the secrets and shadows of postwar Barcelona for a mysterious author whose book has proved as dangerous to own as it is impossible to forget."@en
  • "Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the "cemetery of lost books", a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles. To this library, one cold morning in 1945, a man brings his ten-year-old son Daniel. Allowed to choose one book from the shelves, Daniel pulls out La Sombra del Viento (The Shadow of the Wind) by Julian Carax. Daniel is captivated by the novel from the very first page and grows up haunted by the unusual story of its author. Then one night, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from the book, a character who turns out to be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax's works in order to burn them. What begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax and to save those he left behind."
  • ""Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí, Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambia el rumbo de su vida y le arrastra a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad"--Jacket."
  • "A boy named Daniel selects a novel from a library of rare books, enjoying it so much that he searches for the rest of the author's works, only to discover that someone is destroying every book the author has ever written."@en
  • "Een jongen wordt rond 1945 door zijn vader betrokken bij occulte kringen die langzaam aan zijn leven gaan beheersen."

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  • "Spanish language materials"
  • "French language materials"
  • "Spanish fiction"
  • "Barndomsskildringar"@sv
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Translations"@he
  • "Translations"
  • "Translations"@sv
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Verhalend proza"
  • "Occult fiction"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Love stories"
  • "History"
  • "Roman espagnol"
  • "Popular literature"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Powieść hiszpańska"@pl
  • "Powieść hiszpańska"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Španělské romány"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fiction"@sv
  • "Novel·la catalana"@ca
  • "Romans (teksten)"

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  • "La Sombra del Viento"
  • "Ten vetra"
  • "The shadow of the wind Graves"
  • "Vindens skygge"@da
  • "Tuulen varjo"
  • "Tuulen varjo"@fi
  • "L'ombra del vento : [il libro che ha stregato i lettori di tutto il mondo]"
  • "L'ombre du vent : roman"
  • "L'ombre du vent : roman"@en
  • "Der Schatten des Windes"
  • "Stín vetru"
  • "The Shadow of the Wind"
  • "The Shadow of the Wind"@en
  • "A szél árnyéka"
  • "A szél árnyéka"@hu
  • "Umbra vîntului"
  • "He skia tou anemou"
  • "Tinʹ vitru"
  • "L'ombre du vent"
  • "Tenʹ vetra"
  • "Тень ветра"
  • "Der Schatten des Windes : Roman ; [Großdruck]"
  • "Senka vetra"
  • "De schaduw van de wind"
  • "Ṣila šel haruaḥ"
  • "Der schatten des windes"
  • "L'Ombre du vent : roman"
  • "Der Schatten des Windes : roman"
  • "바람의그림자 = La sombra del viento"
  • "Ten' vetra"
  • "Vindens skugga"
  • "Vindens skugga"@sv
  • "La Sombra Del Viento"
  • "Tsilah shel ha-ruaḥ"
  • "The shadow of the wind [book club]"
  • "L' ombre du vent"
  • "Sjena vjetra : [roman]"
  • "Sombra del viento <engl.&gt"
  • "L'Ombre Du Vent"
  • "L' ombra del vent"
  • "Stín větru"
  • "바람의 그림자 = La sombra del viento"
  • "Cień wiatru"
  • "Cień wiatru"@pl
  • "A sombra do vento"
  • "A sombra do vento"@pt
  • "Shadow of the wind"
  • "Shadow of the wind"@en
  • "Cien wiatru"
  • "Sjena vjetra"
  • "La sombra del viento = L'ombre du vent"
  • "Der Schatten des Windes : Roman"
  • "Param ŭi kŭrimja = La sombra del viento"
  • "La sombra del viento"
  • "La sombra del viento"@es
  • "Stin vetru"
  • "Senca vetra"@sl
  • "צלה של הרוח"
  • "La Sombra del viento"
  • "The Shadow of the wind"
  • "L'ombra del vent"
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "The shadow of the wind"@en
  • "The shadow of the wind"
  • "L'ombra del vento"
  • "L'ombra del vento"@it
  • "Cién wiatru"
  • "Tzila shel haruach"
  • "A Szél árnyéka"
  • "L'Ombra del vent"@ca
  • "L'Ombra del vent"
  • "Der Schatten des Windes Roman"
  • "Vindens skygge : roman"@da

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