The Shadow of the Wind 風之影

thin ordin those

內容介紹

Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles long out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'La Sombra Del Viento' by Julian Carax. But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. Then, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from the book, a character who turns out to be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax's works in order to burn them. What begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax and to save those he left behind.

作者介紹

卡洛斯·魯依斯·薩豐（Carlos Ruiz Zafón）1964年生於巴塞隆納，原任職於廣告界，後赴美定居，目前在洛山磯從事電影編劇以及文學創作。1993年出版小說處女作《白雪王子》，榮獲西班牙重要的「艾德彼兒童文學獎」肯定，接下來幾部作品如《午夜皇宮》《九月之光》和《瑪麗娜》等，都是極受好評的青少年小說。