Sunday 15 May 2011

The Shadow of the Wind.

The Shadow of the Wind is a book by Carlos Ruíz Zafón and it was written in 2001.

Daniel Sempere and his father went to the cemetery’s books without anyone knowing. Daniel chose a book called “The Shadow of the Wind”. Daniel read it in few days and he liked it very much, so he decided to do some research about its writer, Julián Carax.
Gustavo Barceló, his father's friend, wanted to buy that book, but Daniel refused.

Daniel and his father began to have more work and they needed to hire a new employee to help them. They hired a tramp called Fermín. Fermín and Daniel became best friends and they started to research about Carax. Javier Fumero, a corrupt police officer, followed them.

Daniel met Nuria, who knew a lot about Carax, but she did not say anything. When Nuria died, she left a letter for Daniel in which she said that she was in love with Carax, but he was in love with Penélope Aldaya. The problem was that Julián was the son of Penélope’s father, so he did not want them to be girl and boyfriend. Penélope and Julián had a secret relationship. Penelope’s father discovered that Penelope was pregnant, and he shut his daughter in a room. She died with her baby.
Daniel found Beatriz, the sister of one of his childhood friends. They had a coffee and days after, they were in love.  Bea was pregnant, and she escaped. Daniel looked for her, and he found her in Aldaya’s house with Julián Carax, looking after her.

Fumero arrived there while he was trying to kill Carax when Daniel tried to stop it, but Fumero fired at him. After that, Carax killed Fumero.
Daniel woke up several days after in the hospital.

Daniel and Bea got married and they had a son, and called him Julián.
Daniel took Julián to the cementery’s books, just as his father had done.

Shortly after, Bea and Daniel received a novel  by Julián Carax, in which Carax thanked them for everything.

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