Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Publication Date: 2005
Who'll want to read it? Anyone who loves to live in a world of books, who is interested in Spanish culture and anyone who loves a story they can curl up and get completely lost in.
What's it all about? Daniel Sempre works in his father's bookshop in Barcelona, as a young boy he dreams of being a writer and of owning the fountain pen that belonged to Victor Hugo. One morning he wakes up to realise he cannot remember his mother's face, she is gone and he cannot remember her. This is the day he goes to the Cemetary of Forgotten books, the day his life is changed forever. Here he discovers a book named 'The shadow of the wind' by Julian Carax and after reading it Daniel seems to become drawn further and further into the world of the author, the story of the book and the many mysteries and dangers that this world presents.
This was such an amazing book! If I could have spent all day and night reading I would have, there were times when I just wished I could disappear inside the pages and join them in this world full of darkness, mystery and culture. It is a beautiful story and I'm glad to have made it's acquaintance. Publisher: Penguin Books
2 comments:
This book is wonderful! It is so beautifully written, almost poetic at times. It makes me wonder what it would be like to read it in the original Spanish. Thank you Natasha, for the recommendation!!
As a librarian, I don't have to buy books, but I bought this one 'cause you girls sounded so enthusiastic about it. Thanks - it's the perfect book for a librarian or any other book lover to OWN. I love this part towards the end of the book:
"Bea says that the art of reading is slowly dying, that it's an intimate ritual, that a book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us, that when we read, we do it with all our heart and mind, and great readers are becoming more scarce by the day."
Let's hope that books like this can change this.
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