![]() ![]() Daniel, who grows up as the book progresses, has lost his mother during the Spanish Civil War. The book’s premise is simple, but it blossoms like a gorgeous black flower into an epic tale. The Shadow of the Wind is set in post-WWII Barcelona, and has tongue-in-cheek melodrama, mystery, forbidden love, a spooky mansion, hints of the supernatural, a strange, scarred stalker in black who haunts the steps of the main character and narrator Daniel, and best of all, a huge Cemetery of Forgotten Books.Īs much a love story about books as it is anything else – with lines such as “ Few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart,” this book will sing to anyone who adores reading and escapes into literary worlds on a regular basis. One of the books I’d want to have with me if stranded on a desert island, this noir-style novel has everything you could want in an adventure story. ![]()
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