The Resource The shadow of the wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ; translated by Lucia Graves
The shadow of the wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ; translated by Lucia Graves
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The item The shadow of the wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ; translated by Lucia Graves represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
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- eng
- spa
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (486 pages)
- Isbn
- 9781429513692
- Link
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- Label
- The shadow of the wind
- Title
- The shadow of the wind
- Statement of responsibility
- Carlos Ruiz Zafón ; translated by Lucia Graves
- Subject
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- Antiquarian booksellers
- Antiquarian booksellers -- Spain | Barcelona -- Fiction
- Barcelona (Spain) -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Electronic books
- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Rare books
- Rare books -- Spain | Barcelona -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Spain -- Barcelona
- Language
-
- eng
- spa
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1964-2020
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ruiz Zafón, Carlos
- Dewey number
- 863/.64
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PQ6668.U49
- LC item number
- S6613 2004eb
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Graves, Lucia
- OverDrive, Inc
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Antiquarian booksellers
- Rare books
- Antiquarian booksellers
- Rare books
- Barcelona (Spain)
- Spain
- Label
- The shadow of the wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ; translated by Lucia Graves
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- online resource
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- cr
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- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (486 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781429513692
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 509813ca-82d9-4e47-928d-f50a0324b4e6
- Publisher number
- EB00398318
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)457052291
- (OCoLC)ocn457052291
- Label
- The shadow of the wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ; translated by Lucia Graves
- Link
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- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (486 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781429513692
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 509813ca-82d9-4e47-928d-f50a0324b4e6
- Publisher number
- EB00398318
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)457052291
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Subject
- Antiquarian booksellers
- Antiquarian booksellers -- Spain | Barcelona -- Fiction
- Barcelona (Spain) -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Electronic books
- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Rare books
- Rare books -- Spain | Barcelona -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Spain -- Barcelona
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