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The Prisoner of Heaven
Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
I was afraid this book would be as disappointing as The Angel’s Game, but at the same time I was secretly hoping it would be as good as The Shadow of the Wind, and thankfully, it is great!
It starts in December 1957, when a strange man enters Sempere & Sons bookshop and buys a collectable (and very expensive) book and asks Daniel to give it to Fermín Romero de Torres. Puzzled by the situation, Daniel follows the man through the streets of Barcelona, where he discovers the man has registered himself in a hotel with Fermín’s name.
Fermín, who’s already under a lot of pressure due to his upcoming wedding, doesn’t take the gift very well and it takes a great effort from Daniel to find out what’s troubling Fermín so much – and then we are back to Barcelona in 1939, and the time Fermín was imprisoned and met David Martin and Sebastián Salgado.
The Angel’s Game
Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Using the same universe of The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel’s Game takes us to Barcelona in the 1920’s. Although it is not a proper prequel, because the story is very different and has no connection to that of the first book, we again see the Cemetery of the Forgotten Books and the Sempere & Sons Bookshop.
This time, David Martin, a young writer disappointed with his love and professional life, accepts the offer of a mysterious editor to write a book that could “change the world” – but not for a cheap price.
The Shadow of the Wind
Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
I’m not someone who sheds tears for a book, at least not very easily, and only a few books have made me cry – The Shadow of the Wind is one of them.
Daniel Sempere is taken by his father to a secret place called Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a library full of old and rare titles, where he must choose a book (or perhaps be chosen by one), and take care and protect it for the rest of his life. He picks up “The Shadow of the Wind”, written by Julián Carax.
