![]() Nevertheless, you can pay your respects to the run down Arco del Teatro where the fictional bookstore is situated. Sadly, there is no Cemetery of Forgotten Books in Barcelona. In Zafón’s library, I would expect to find works by Stevenson, Conan Doyle and Zola. This tells us more about the psyche and influences of the author than his native city. Zafón’s Barcelona is often enveloped in fog, drenched in rain or even covered in a carpet of snow. It portrays the Catalan capital in an unconventional light, or rather, darkness. The novel, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafón, first published in 2001, bears the same name. ![]() Carax’s work has become much sought after due to its rarity. Daniel settles on The Shadow of the Wind by Julian Carax a Barcelona writer exiled in Paris. When Daniel Sempere visits the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, his father invites the boy to take his pick from the shelves. ![]()
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