La sombra del viento / The Shadow of the Wind

The international bestseller with over 10 million copies sold—the first installment in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series.

On the dawn of a summer day in 1945, a young boy is taken by his father to a mysterious place hidden in the heart of the old city: the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. Here, Daniel Sempere will find a haunting book and with it a passion that will change the course of his life. Set in Barcelona in the first half of the twentieth century, La Sombra del Vientois a literary mystery and a tale of doomed love in a world of intrigues and secrets hidden in the dark soul of the city.