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The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
📅 2001 🏢 Planeta 📄 576 pages ⏱️ ~10 h 34 min read 🔖 ISBN 9788408163435
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📖 Synopsis

A love letter to books and postwar Barcelona. A young man finds a mysterious book and discovers someone is destroying all the author's works. A cult novel that sold over 15 million copies.

✍️ ChatZona's review

Zafón builds a gothic labyrinth set in post-war Barcelona that grabs you from the first page. The prose is lush — perhaps too much for some tastes — but the plot works with clockwork precision. Its greatest achievement: making the love of books a narrative engine without feeling bookish. Perfect for readers who want a coming-of-age story with deep atmosphere and rich mystery. The only caveat: the second half rushes and loses some of that early enchantment.

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