Sjena vjetra

Sjena vjetra

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

In addition to the enticing story, the novel also contains an interesting description of the city of Barcelona from the years after the civil war. This is the first novel published in our country by a Spanish writer and screenwriter.

The ten-year-old boy Daniel is taken by his father, an antiquarian, to visit the "Graveyard of Forgotten Books", a library labyrinth filled with thousands of old, dusty volumes, in which Danijel chooses a book with the obligation to save it from oblivion by reading it, but also by taking care of it afterward. Daniel chooses "Shadow of the Wind", a novel by unknown writer Julian Carax, whose story captivates him so much that he decides to get hold of Carax's other works and research his biography. However, the search for the writer and his works gradually grows from a children's adventure into a multi-year research, from which a series of secrets, dangers, cursed loves, betrayed friendships, betrayal, murders, revenge...

Original title
La sombra del viento
Translation
Maja Tančik
Editor
Seid Serdarević
Illustrations
Francesc Catala-Roca
Dimensions
19 x 12 cm
Pages
469
Publisher
Fraktura, Zaprešić, 2010.
 
Latin alphabet. Paperback.
Language: Croatian.
ISBN
978-9-53266-182-8

One copy is available

Condition:Used, excellent condition
 

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