The Shadow Of The Wind

La sombra del viento is a 2001 novel by the spanish writer carlos ruiz zafón and a worldwide bestseller.

The shadow of the wind. Daniel and his father live above a bookstore and their lives revolve around the love of books. The story follows daniel sempere from a young boy as he first enters the cemetery of forgotten books and chances upon a novel written by julien carax. Although it is classed as historical fiction i personally felt that it was more of a bildungsroman with a crime thriller twist to it. The shadow of the wind is hard to define to one specific genre.

The story follows daniel sempere from a young boy as he first enters the cemetery of forgotten books and chances upon a novel written by julien carax. Carax coubert discovers daniel s copy of the shadow of the wind and admires the integrity he displays by refusing to give it up. La sombra del viento the shadow of the wind el cementerio de los libros olvidados 1 carlos ruiz zafón the novel is actually a story within a story. The shadow of the wind is a coming of age tale of a young boy who through the magic of a single book finds a purpose greater than himself and a hero in a man he s never met.

The boy daniel sempere in his quest to discover julián s other works becomes involved in tracing the entire history of carax. The shadow of the wind is hard to define to one specific genre. Although it is classed as historical fiction i personally felt that it was more of a bildungsroman with a crime thriller twist to it. The shadow of the wind spanish.

The book was translated into english in 2004 by lucia graves and sold over a million copies in the uk after already achieving success on mainland europe topping the spanish bestseller lists for weeks. But when he investigates this unknown author he finds out. As daniel grows up carax keeps tabs on his activities feeling that daniel is like a young version of himself. After reading the manuscript daniel is determined to find bea and fight for her.