• Belfast Education and Library Board, Northern Ireland
• Time to Read - NW Libraries' Partnership, Manchester, England
• Liverpool Libraries & Information Services, England
• Gateshead Libraries & Arts, England
• Leipzig Stadtbibliothek, Germany
• Stadtbüchereien Düsseldorf, Germany
• Aarhus Kommunes Biblioteker, Denmark
• New Hampshire State Library, Concord, USA
• Multnomah County Library, Portland, USA
• Bibliotecas Municipales de Madrid, Spain
• Consorci de Biblioteques de Barcelona, Spain
• Bibliothèques Municipales Geneva, Switzerland
• Dunedin Public Libraries, New Zealand
  
  
  

Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'La Sombra Del Viento' by Julian Carax.

But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. Then, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from La Sombra del Viento, a character who turns out to be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax's works in order to burn them.

What begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax and to save those he left behind. A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can lead.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón was born in Barcelona in 1964. For a few years he lived in Los Angeles, working as a screenwriter, and has published four novels for young-adults. The Shadow Of The Wind won the Premio Llibreter and has become an international literary phenomenon in over 20 countries. Now back in Barcelona, he is presently at work on a new novel.