ANGELICA'S BOOKS: ONE, NO ONE AND ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND

 

 

One, No One and One Hundred Thousand is a psychological novel written by Luigi Pirandello. This story was published in instalments in 1925 in the magazine “La Fiera Letteraria” and, as an integral volume, in 1926.

THE SHADOW OF THE WIND

 

The shadow of the wind is a gothic novel by the Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón, published in 2001. This book is part of a tetralogy with The Angel’s game, The Prisoner of Heaven and The labyrinth of Spirits.

The story of the book

The book speaks about Daniel’s adventure. In 1945 in Barcelona, the owner of a  bookshop decides to show his son Daniel Sempere “The Cemetery of The Forgotten Books”, a place where the people bring out-of-print books to save them. There, Daniel Sempere discovers a book called The shadow of the wind by Julian Carax. This book captures Daniel’s imagination.

He wants to know Carax and so he investigates about him. He discovers that his copy is the last one because a mysterious figure called Laìn Coubert wants to destroy Carax’s works. In Carax’s story, Laìn Coubert is the name of the Devil.

He discovers a “damned” story, impossible loves and a macabre secret. This is a story where Daniel finds out uncannily resemblances with his life.

During the research, he knows many characters such us Fermín Romero de Torres, who will become his best friend, Gustavo Barcelo and his niece Clara, whom he will fall in love with, and inspector Fumero, who will be his enemy.

The shadow of the wind is the most important and most popular of Zafón’s books.

READING THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

Eugenio: Holden, rebellious but highly sensitive

Holden Caufield, the protagonist of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, is well-known for his rebellious attitude. After reading the excerpt from the 1951 novel, The Phoniness of the World, the reader can understand the sixteen-year-old boy’s spirit: although he embodies the typical teenage behaviour, he is highly sensitive.