Shadow of the Wind (P/B)

Hidden in the Heart of the Old City of Barcelona is the 'Cemetery of Lost Books', a Labyrinthine Library of Obscure and Forgotten Titles That Have Long Gone Out of Print. to This Library, a Man Brings His 10-Year-Old Son Daniel One Cold Morning in 1945. Daniel is Allowed to Choose One Book From the Shelves and Pulls Out 'La Sombra Del Viento' by Julian Carax.;But As He Grows Up, Several People Seem Inordinately Interested in His Find. Then, One Night, As He is Wandering the Old Streets Once More, Daniel is Approached by a Figure Who Reminds Him of a Character From La Sombra Del Viento, a Character Who Turns Out to Be the Devil. This Man is Tracking Down Every Last Copy of Carax's Work in Order to Burn Them. What Begins As a Case of Literary Curiosity Turns Into a Race to Find Out the Truth Behind the Life and Death of Julian Carax and to Save Those He Left Behind. a Page-Turning Exploration of Obsession in Literature and Love, and the Places That Obsession Can Lead.