Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Romanen begynder lige før julen 1957 i Barcelona. Daniel og Bea har været gift i et år og har fået sønnen Julián. De bor sammen med Daniels far i antikvarboghandlen Sempere og Sønner, som Daniel driver. Fermín arbejder stadig for dem og er i fuld gang med at forberede sit bryllup med Bernarda. Han virker dog ikke helt så glad og tilfreds, som han burde. Et eller andet plager ham. En morgen, hvor Daniel er alene i boghandlen, kommer en skummel fyr haltende ind. Skønt han på ingen måde ligner en, der kunne interessere sig for bøger, ønsker han at købe en meget dyr, illustreret udgave af Greven af Monte Cristo. Til Daniels store overraskelse dedikerer han den til ? Fermin Romero de Torres, som kom tilbage fra de døde og som har nøglen til fremtiden.? Daniel kan ikke modstå fristelsen til at følge efter den mystiske skikkelse, og således starter en gammel fortælling om fangenskab, forræderi og en farlig rival - en fortælling, der ender med et besøg på De glemte bøgers kirkegård. Himlens fange bringer os på ny til Barcelona og dens skumle underverden, som blev introduceret i Carlos Ruiz Zafóns første roman Vindens skygge, og som blev fulgt op af Englens spil.? Der er både lune, humor, skræk og rædsel i den tredje roman fra boghandlen i Barcelona.? - Litteratursiden

Del exitoso autor de La sombra del viento llega el intrigante misterio que lo inici todo ... "Todos tenemos un secreto enterrado bajo llave en el tico de nuestra alma. Este es el m o". Cuando scar desaparece de repente, nadie sabe de el por siete d as y siete noches. En la Barcelona de 1980 scar Drai sue a despierto, deslumbrado por los palacetes modernistas cercanos al internado en el que estudia. En una de sus escapadas conoce a Marina, una chica delicada de salud. Ella lo lleva a un cementerio donde juntos son testigos de un macabro ritual que sucede el ltimo domingo de cada mes sin falta. A las diez de la ma ana una mujer vestida de negro desciende de su carosa y le pone una sola rosa a un pante n sin nombre. Cuando deciden seguirla, juntos comparten la aventura de adentrarse en un enigma doloroso del pasado de la ciudad. Un misterioso personaje de la posguerra se propuso el mayor desaf o imaginable, pero su ambici n lo arrastr por sendas siniestras cuyas consecuencias debe pagar alguien todav a hoy. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From the bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind comes the intriguing mystery that started it all..." We all have a secret buried under lock and key in the attic of our soul. This is mine." Fifteen-year-old Oscar Drai meets the strange Marina while he's exploring an old quarter of Barcelona. She leads Oscar to a cemetery, where they watch a macabre ritual that occurs on the last Sunday of each month. At exactly ten o'clock in the morning, a woman shrouded in a black velvet cloak descends from her carriage to place a single rose on an unmarked grave. When Oscar and Marina decide to follow her, they begin a journey that transports them to a forgotten postwar Barcelona--a world of aristocrats and actresses, inventors and tycoons--an reveals a dark secret that lies waiting in the mysterious labyrinth beneath the city streets. Carlos Ruiz Zafon's haunting Marina has long been a cult classic in Spain and is now an international bestseller.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind comes a chilling mystery about one magical summer that turns into a nightmare . . .

"Anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick up The Shadow of the Wind. Really, you should." --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "Wondrous...masterful... The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero." --Entertainment Weekly, Editor's Choice "This is one gorgeous read." --Stephen King "I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetary of Forgotten Books for the first time..." Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Juli n Carax. But when he sets out to find the author's other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax's books in existence. Soon Daniel's seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.

A chilling, compelling mystery from the internationally bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind. When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normandy, she's immediately taken by the beauty of the place--its expansive cliffs, coasts, and harbors. There, she meets a local boy named Ishmael, and the two soon fall in love. But a dark plot is about to unfold involving a reclusive toymaker who lives in a gigantic mansion filled with mechanical beings and shadows of the past. As strange lights shine through the fog surrounding a small, barren island, Irene's younger brother dreams of a dark creature hidden deep in the forest. And when a young girl is found murdered, her body at the end of a path torn through the woods by a monstrous, inhuman force, Irene and Ishmael wonder--has a demonic presence been unleashed on the inhabitants of Cape House? Together, they'll have to survive the most terrifying summer of their lives.

A chilling, compelling mystery from the internationally bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind. When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normandy, she's immediately taken by the beauty of the place--its expansive cliffs, coasts, and harbors. There, she meets a local boy named Ishmael, and the two soon fall in love. But a dark plot is about to unfold involving a reclusive toymaker who lives in a gigantic mansion filled with mechanical beings and shadows of the past. As strange lights shine through the fog surrounding a small, barren island, Irene's younger brother dreams of a dark creature hidden deep in the forest. And when a young girl is found murdered, her body at the end of a path torn through the woods by a monstrous, inhuman force, Irene and Ishmael wonder--has a demonic presence been unleashed on the inhabitants of Cape House? Together, they'll have to survive the most terrifying summer of their lives.

You've read THE SHADOW OF THE WIND - now read what happens next . . . Includes Reading Group Notes.