The Shadow Of The Wind Book Review New York Times

On the one hand this is such a beautifully written book and is in essence an ode to literature.

The shadow of the wind book review new york times. The new york times book review a new york times bestseller barcelona 1945. On the other hand there are some serious flaws which distracts from the whole experience. Enthralled daniel chooses an obscure novel the shadow of the wind a complex quest tale whose author julian carax reputedly fled spain at the outbreak of its civil war and later died in paris. But when he investigates this unknown author he finds out.

There 10 year old daniel sempere discovers a book called the shadow of the wind by julián carax which captures his young imagination. 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 julián carax. 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 julián carax. The new york times book review a new york times bestseller barcelona 1945.

Richard eder the new york times book review in fact everything about the shadow of the wind is smooth. Carax and his book obsess daniel for a decade as he grows to manhood falls in and out of fascination if not love with three beguiling women and comes ever closer to understanding who carax was and how he was connected to the family of tyrannical don ricardo aldaya and why a sinister. Both of these other books are great too but the shadow of the wind is the true star. Bea says that the art of reading is slowly dying that it s an intimate ritual that a book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us that when we read we do it with all our heart and mind and great readers are becoming more scarce by the day.

After reading the shadow of the wind i was left with somewhat mixed feelings. The language purrs along while the plot twists and unravels with languid grace yet despite these strengths it still feels that there is something missing from this book.