#ThrowbackThursday. The Shadow of the Wind

 

Ruiz Zafón, Carlos "The Shadow of the Wind" (Spanish: La Sombra del Viento) - 2001
(El cementerio de los libros olvidados #1) 

This was the first novel I read by this wonderful author, Carlos Ruiz Zafón. There were many more to follow, however, there are never enough books if you like someone's writing and we were all very sad about his early passing at the age of 55 in 2020.

This novel and its sequels certainly deserve to be on my list of favourite books ever.

This book is intriguing, exciting, has all the parts a good book should have, an interesting story, a historical background, a description of a great city. And, it's a book about a book, that's always exciting for avid readers.

But I couldn't just remind everyone of this first book in the tetralogy, I really have to mention the other three, as well. The great thing here is, you can read them in any sequence you want.

Ruiz Zafón, Carlos "The Angel's Game" (E: El juego del ángel - El cementerio de los libros olvidados #2) - 2008
- "The Prisoner of Heaven" (E: El prisionero del cielo - El cementerio de los libros olvidados #3) - 2011
- "The Labyrinth of the Spirits" (E: El laberinto de los espíritus - El cementerio de los libros olvidados #4) - 2016

Find more books by this great author here.

Read more on my original post here.