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.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Gabriel Garcia Marquez meets Umberto Eco meets Jorge Luis
Borges for a sprawling magic show. -The New
York Times Book Review. -A New York Times Bestseller

Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil
War, 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.

Anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and
thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick up The Shadow of the Wind. Really, you
should. -Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

Wonderous… masterful… The Shadow of
the Wind is ultimately a love letter to
literature, intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its
young hero. -Entertainment Weekly (Editor’s
Choice)

One gorgeous read. -Stephen King