Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Author
Series
Cemetery of forgotten books volume 1
Language
English
Description
"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...
“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...
Author
Series
Cemetery of forgotten books volume 4
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times Bestseller
"Packed with suspense. . . a gripping edge-of-your-seat thriller." — Washington Book Review
The internationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author returns to the magnificent universe he constructed in his bestselling novels The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel's Game, and The Prisoner of Heaven in this riveting series finale—a heart-pounding
...Author
Series
Cemetery of forgotten books volume 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Novelist David Martin lives in an abandoned mansion in Barcelona writing baroque tales about the city's underworld. He is contacted by French editor Andreas Corelli to write a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return he will receive a fortune, and maybe more.
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
Español
Description
When Irene's widowed mother gets a job on the coast of Normandy in 1937 as housekeeper for a wealthy former toymaker and his disabled wife, Irene joins forces with Ismael, a local boy, to explore the mysterious house and its secrets.
9) Marina
Author
Publisher
Edebe
Pub. Date
2007
Language
Español
Description
"Marina me dijo una vez que sólo recordamos lo que nunca sucedió. Pasaría una eternidad antes de que comprendiese aquellas palabras'. Así empieza Marina, una apasionante novela cuyo protegonista y narrador, Óscar Drai, abandonó su ciudad natal en un vano intento de escapar a sus recuerdos, pensando que, si ponía suficiente distancia, las voces de su pasado se acallarían para siempre. Quince años más tarde ha regresado a Barcelona para conjurar...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious threat reenters the lives of twins Ben and Sheere, separated as babies and reunited as teenagers in 1930s Calcutta, the siblings must confront an unspeakable terror, with the help of their secret society of fellow orphans.
Author
Language
Español
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Formats
Description
Un amanecer de 1945 un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí, Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambiará el rumbo de su vida y le arrastrará a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. Un misterio literario ambientado en la Barcelona de la primera mitad del siglo XX, desde los últimos esplendores...
13) The Angel's Game
Author
Series
Cemetery of forgotten books volume 2
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind, comes a riveting masterpiece about love, literature, and betrayal. • “[Zafón's] visionary storytelling prowess is a genre unto itself." —USA Today
In this powerful, labyrinthian thriller, David Martín is a pulp fiction writer struggling to stay afloat. Holed up in a haunting...
In this powerful, labyrinthian thriller, David Martín is a pulp fiction writer struggling to stay afloat. Holed up in a haunting...
Author
Publisher
VINTAGE ESPAÑOL
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Con El Juego del Ángel, el autor de La Sombra del Viento vuelve al cautivador mundo de la Barcelona del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados para sumergirnos de nuevo en una apasionante historia de traición, tragedia y amor. David Martín es un joven periodista y aspirante a escritor en los años 20 que pasa rápidamente de escribir en un pequeño diario local a publicar novelas, primero bajo pseudónimo y más tarde bajo su propio nombre. Al mismo...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The internationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author returns to the magnificent universe he constructed in his bestselling novels The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel's Game, and The Prisoner of Heaven in this riveting series finale--a heart-pounding thriller and nail-biting work of suspense which introduces a sexy, seductive new heroine whose investigation shines a light on the dark history of Franco's Spain. In this unforgettable final...
16) Miasto z mgły
Author
Publisher
Muza
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Polish
Description
"Miasto z mgły, ostatnia książka Carlosa Ruiza Zafona, jest poszerzeniem literackiego świata Cmentarza Zapomnianych Książek. Ten zbiór jedenastu opowiadań pokazuje wszystkie cechy pisarstwa Zafona, ale subtelnie, jakby przez mgłę wszechobecną w jego literackich obrazach. Te opowieści mogłyby stać się elementami większej całości, a jednak pisarz puścił je wolno, dając im osobne życie. Może po to, by ukazały w pełni wyjątkowość...