In this sense death becomes a fate we chose ourselves. Every character had shadows which could engulf them or they could overcome. Shadow is a perfect symbol for death evoking images of how death can be metaphorical instead of literal-living shadows of lives, chasing shadows of dreams, being shadows of others, letting memories shadow life. Wrapped up in the mystery is a message of death: do we live a full life or wander through it numb? The Shadow of the Wind is an allegory for death in a fictitious novel by the same title.

As the story twists and slowly unravels he doesn't know whose account to trust or how it will affect his life. Daniel embarks on a mission to solve the mystery of the author's story being watched by a revengeful cop and the book burner himself. The strange author died in poverty but now someone is seeking out all remaining copies of his unsuccessful novels to burn.

He choses a novel-or maybe it chose him-that touches him, stirs his desire for literature, and forever entangles him with the fate of the book and its author. I wanted to read this in Spanish for the rich poetry the language would add.Ī young boy Daniel is taken by his father to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and told to salvage a book which he must take stewardship over. I needed a whole pad of post-its to mark quotes.ģ. I read the opening few pages and instantly knew 3 things:Ģ. Una storia in cui Daniel ritrova a poco a poco inquietanti paralleli con la sua vita.

Daniel ne rimane folgorato, mentre dal passato iniziano a emergere storie di passioni illecite, di amori impossibili, di amicizie e lealtà assolute, di follia omicida e di un macabro segreto custodito in una villa abbandonata. La splendida edizione illustrata del successo di Carlos Ruíz Zafón L'ombra del vento, completata dalle immagini di Francesc Catalá-Roca, fotografo catalano recentemente riscoperto, che a Barcellona ha dedicato gran parte del suo lavoro negli anni del dopoguerra.Ī Barcellona, una mattina d'estate del 1945 il proprietario di un negozio di libri usati conduce il figlio undicenne, Daniel, al Cimitero dei Libri Dimenticati, un luogo segreto dove vengono sottratti all'oblio migliaia di volumi di cui il tempo ha cancellato il ricordo.Į qui Daniel entra in possesso di un libro maledetto che cambierà il corso della sua vita, introducendolo in un mondo di misteri e intrighi legato alla figura di Julián Carax, l'autore di quel libro.

L'ombra del vento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón