Juego del Angel

#2 Sombra del Viento

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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Vintage U S
01 May 2008

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fiction in translation; Languages & ESL; Fiction; Spanish - Fiction; Spanish - Languages

Series: Sombra del Viento

En la turbulenta Barcelona de los años 20, un joven escritor obsesionado con un amor imposible recibe la oferta de un misterioso editor para escribir un libro como no ha existido nunca, a cambio de una fortuna y, tal vez, mucho más.

Con un estilo deslumbrante e impecable el autor de La Sombra del Viento, nos transporta de nuevo a la Barcelona del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados para ofrecernos una gran aventura de intriga, romance y tragedia, a través de un laberinto de traición y secretos donde el embrujo de los libros, la pasión y la amistad se conjugan en un relato magistral.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

From the author of the international

phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind, comes a riveting masterpiece about love,

literature, and betrayal. Like his previous novels, Zafon's The Angel's Game, is set in

Barcelona and also revisits the mysterious Cemetery. It is, however, neither

a sequel nor a prequel, but an independent narrative that elaborates a

coherent, increasingly complex fictional universe.

In this powerful, labyrinthian thriller, David Martín is a pulp fiction

writer struggling to stay afloat. Holed up in a haunting abandoned mansion in

the heart of Barcelona, he furiously taps out story after story, becoming

increasingly desperate and frustrated. Thus, when he is approached by a

mysterious publisher offering a book deal that seems almost too good to be

real, David leaps at the chance. But as he begins the work, and after a visit

to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, he realizes that there is a connection

between his book and the shadows that surround his dilapidated home and that

the publisher may be hiding a few troubling secrets of his own. Once again,

Ruiz Zafón takes us into a dark, gothic Barcelona and creates a breathtaking

tale of intrigue, romance, and tragedy.

The extraordinary tale that follows is many things at once: mystery, love

story, supernatural thriller, historical drama, gothic romance, and

meditation on the primal importance of stories, of narrative itself. As the

author reminds us throughout this novel, books have souls, and reflect the

souls of both their readers and their writers. The

Angel's Game beautifully illustrates this

proposition, and offers further proof that Carlos Ruiz Zafon was one of the

most compelling--and unpredictable--storytellers of the modern era.

By: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Imprint: Vintage U S
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 663g
ISBN: 9780307455376
ISBN 10: 0307455378
Series: Sombra del Viento
Pages: 667
Publication Date: 01 May 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Juego del Angel (#2 Sombra del Viento)

Fans of Zafon's The Shadow of the Wind and new readers alike will be delighted with this gothic semiprequel. In 1920s Barcelona, David Martin is born into poverty, but, aided by patron and friend Pedro Vidal, he rises to become a crime reporter and then a beloved pulp novelist. David's creative pace is frenetic; holed up in his dream house--a decrepit mansion with a sinister history--he produces two great novels, one for Vidal to claim as his own, and one for himself. But Vidal's book is celebrated while David's is buried, and when Vidal marries David's great love, David accepts a commission to write a story that leads him into danger. As he explores the past and his mysterious publisher, David becomes a suspect in a string of murders, and his race to uncover the truth is a delicious puzzle: is he beset by demons or a demon himself? Zafon's novel is detailed and vivid, and David's narration is charming and funny, but suspect. Villain or victim, he is the hero of and the guide to this