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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, which tells the story of the young and idealistic Daniel and the mysterious novel he finds in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. He is soon plunged into the decades-old mystery surrounding the novel’s author, Julián Carax, who was reportedly killed in the early days of the Spanish Civil War, and must fight to prevent the book from falling into obscurity. The Shadow of the Wind became an instant international bestseller when it was first published in 2001, and has sold an estimated 15 million copies to date. It is arguably Ruiz Zafón’s best-known work, and is the first instalment in his acclaimed four-book Cemetery of Forgotten Books series.

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Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Spanish author and screenwriter

Born in Barcelona in 1964.Notable works:Marina (1999), novelThe Angel’s Game (2008), novelThe Prisoner of Heaven (2011), novel

The Spanish author Carlos Ruiz Zafón was born in Barcelona in 1964. He began working in advertising at the age of 19, but left his job in 1993 to publish the young adult novel The Prince of Mist, which won the Edebé Literary Prize for Young Adult Fiction.

He went on to write a number of books for young adults and adults alike, including The Shadow of the Wind (2001), which topped bestseller lists around the world. It was followed by The Angel’s Game (2008), The Prisoner of Heaven (2011) and The Labyrinth of Spirits (2016); together, the four books make up the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series. Ruiz Zafón currently divides his time between Barcelona and Los Angeles, where he works as a screenwriter.

The Shadow of the Wind

Barcelona in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War

Genre: novelReference edition: Ruiz Zafón, C. (2004) The Shadow of the Wind. Trans. Graves, L. London: Phoenix. 1st edition: 2001Themes: Spanish Civil War, memory, destiny, mystery, writing, love

The Shadow of the Wind was first published in Spanish in 2001, with an English translation by Lucia Graves appearing in 2004. The novel was an immediate popular and critical success around the world, and has won a number of national and international literary prizes.

The Shadow of the Wind is set in postwar Barcelona and follows the young bookseller Daniel Sempere, who discovers a novel entitled The Shadow of the Wind by a writer called Julián Carax in the mysterious Cemetery of Forgotten Books. Daniel becomes fascinated by Carax and the mystery surrounding him, and enlists the help of his friends to investigate him and his story.

Summary

The true story of Julián Carax

The story of Julián Carax, the author of the fictional novel The Shadow of the Wind, is told through a letter written by Nuria, one of his acquaintances, to Daniel. However, this is not revealed until the end of the book.

Nuria is working for Cabestany Editores in Barcelona, which is where she meets Julián. He invites her to stay with him during a trip to Paris in 1933, and the two of them grow closer and become lovers. Nuria falls in love with Julián, but she realises that he still has feelings for Penélope Aldaya, a former lover whom he has not seen since 1919.

When she gets back to Barcelona, Nuria learns from Julián’s childhood friend Miquel Moliner that he and Penélope are actually brother and sister, although neither of them is aware of this fact. When their biological father Ricardo Aldaya found out about their relationship, he intervened and Julián managed to avoid being forced to join the army by his father and Mr Aldaya by escaping to Paris, with Moliner’s help. He believed that Penélope would join him there shortly, but was unaware that she had fallen pregnant with his child and that she would be held prisoner by her father before dying while giving birth to a stillborn child.

After Penélope’s death, Ricardo and his son Jorge leave for Argentina. When Ricardo is on his deathbed, Jorge promises him that he will kill Julián. After living in poverty for several years, he returns to Barcelona, where he meets a policeman and former classmate of Julián’s called Javier Fumero, who is also trying to kill him because he was in love with Penélope too. Fumero takes Jorge under his wing and kindles his hatred for Julián. He uses Jorge to lure the author to Barcelona and Julián takes the bait, returning to the city at the start of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).