Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

In post-World War II Barcelona, Daniel, a young boy who is in despair because he can no longer remember his dead mother’s face is taken by his father to the Cemetery of Lost Books to choose a book that is otherwise likely to be forgotten. He chooses The Shadow of the Wind by Julian Carax to protect and ultimately discovers that someone is methodically destroying each and every one of Carax’s books. Becoming obsessed with finding out who and why, Daniel soon realizes his life is beginning to strangely mirror that of Carax and his search has opened a veritable Pandora’s box of secrets of murder, doomed love and madness.

1 comment:

Amanda "Mandy" O'Brien said...

Ricki,
This blog is yet another great outlet to "plug" your tremendous Readers' Advisory skills! Keep the reviews coming! Mandy