The Shadow of the Wind
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Josh100/100
The Shadow of the Wind is a Gothic mystery set in Barcelona between roughly 1919 and 1955. The story opens in 1945, when Daniel Sempere—then ten years old—is taken by his father to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a secret library of banned and neglected works. Daniel chooses a novel titled The Shadow of the Wind, by Julián Carax. He is immediately captivated, and soon discovers that the author…
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