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.
About the author
Carlos Ruiz Zafón was born on 25th September 1964 in Barcelona and he died on 19th June 2020 in Los Angeles.
Carlos
Ruiz Zafón thought that books were important for people: they are a part of us
and they make us dream, and I agree with his opinion. He wrote:
“Every book, every volume has a soul. The soul of the
person who wrote it and the soul who read it and lived and dreamed with it.
Every time a book change hands, every time someone runs his eyes downs its
pages, its spirit grows and strengthens”.
When
you read this book, it seems that you are part of the story and this is not a common quality. Moreover, I like Zafon’s
style because it is not dreary, but by ironic, he speaks about important themes
such as social issues. He stated:
“Our world will not die as the result of the bomb, as
the papers say, it will die of laughter, of banality, or making a joke of
everything, and a lousy joke at that.”
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