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The Shadow of the Wind

Carlos Ruiz Zafón · 2001

486 pages

In 1945 Barcelona, young Daniel is taken to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and chooses a novel called The Shadow of the Wind. He becomes obsessed with its vanished author, Julián Carax, and his search through a scarred city uncovers a decades-old story of doomed love, madness and revenge.

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Coming of Age, Missing Person, Gothic, Forbidden Love, Star-Crossed Lovers, Twist Ending

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