The Shadow Of The Wind

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Phoenix
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2004
Edition: Reprint

Description: 403 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the cemetery of lost books, a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out La Sombra del Viento by Julian Carax. But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. Then, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from La Sombra del Viento, a character who turns out to be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Caraxs work 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. A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can lead.

ISBN: 9780753819319