| The perfect vacation book for Barcelona |
The perfect vacation book for Barcelona
‘The Shadow of the Wind’ is the ideal vacation book: easy readable, thick enough and is fascinating. The fact that the story if the book is about Barcelona makes it even more interesting because you will recognize things you have seen yourself.
With more than 7 million sold copies is ‘Shadow of the Wind’ from the Barcelonean author the most sold Spanish book ever. Except for Don Quichote of course.
I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery Of Forgotten Books for the first time. It was the early summer of 1945, and we walked through the streets of a Barcelona trapped beneath ashen skies as dawn poured over Rambla de Santa Mónica in a wreath of liquid copper.
“Daniel, you mustn’t tell anyone what you’re about to see today”, my father warned. “Not even your friends Thómas. No one.”
The book is fascinating from the first sentence: main character Daniele Sempere gets a mysterious book with the title ‘The Shadow of the Wind’. When his friends, family and even strangers show an extraordinary interest in the book Daniel gets curious and starts looking for its orgin.
But the more he gets to know the more questions he gets. Why is it that there are no other copies of ‘The Shadow of the Wind’ in Barcelona? And what happened to the author?
When he finally knows the whole story behind ‘The Shadow of the Wind’ he already lost his control over his life.
There is no better location possible than the old city center of Barcelona. Carlos Ruiz Zafón describes the labyrinth of the streets and squares around the Ramblas, in the Gotic area and El Reval. It is a perfect décor for the web of mysterious characters and the extraordinary situations Daniels gets into.
The Shadow of the Wind is about more than just a search for an old book. It is a story about friendship, lost and new loves and most importantly as an honour to Barcelona.
If you want to stay, during your visit to Barcelona, in the same area as written about in the book you can book for accommodation at http://bcnloft.com/ .
Recognize all the streets from the book when you stay in one of the apartments of BCN Loft.
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