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Calcuta, 1932: El cor de les tenebres. Un tren en flames travessa la ciutat. Un espectre de foc sembra el terror en les ombres de la nit. Però això només és el principi. El dia abans de complir els setze anys, Ben, Sheere i els seus amics hauran d'enfrontar-se al més terrible i mortífer enigma de la història de la ciutat dels palaus.

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The echo of the novels of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series resonates in the stories of Carlos Ruiz Zafón: gathered here for the first time - and some never before published in English - these stories are a celebration of one of the world's great storytellersA boy decides to become a writer when he discovers that his creative gifts capture the attentions of an aloof young beauty who has stolen his heart. A labyrinth maker flees Constantinople to a plague ridden Barcelona, with plans for building a library impervious to the destruction of time. A strange gentleman tempts Cervantes to write a book like no other, each page of which could prolong the life of the woman he loves. And a brilliant Catalan architect named Antoni Gaudí reluctantly agrees to cross the ocean to New York, a voyage that will determine the fate of an unfinished masterpiece.A celebration of a master storyteller, beloved by fans around the world: 'The real deal: one gorgeous read'Stephen King'This book will change your life. An instant classic'Daily Telegraph'A book lover's dream'The Times'A hymn of praise to all the joys of reading'Independent'Gripping and instantly atmospheric'Mail on Sunday'Irresistibly readable'Guardian'Diabolically good'Elle

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THE MODERN CLASSIC: OVER 20 MILLION COPIES SOLDA Sunday Times bestseller and a Richard & Judy book club pick'The real deal: one gorgeous read' Stephen King'This book will change your life. An instant classic' Daily Telegraph'A book lover's dream' The Times 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 'The Shadow of the Wind' 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 the book, a character who turns out to be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax's work 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...'Marvellous' Sunday Times'A hymn of praise to all the joys of reading' Independent'Gripping and instantly atmospheric' Mail on Sunday'Irresistibly readable' Guardian'Diabolically good' Elle

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Un misteriós fabricant de joguines que viu reclòs en una mansió gegantina poblada per éssers mecànics i ombres del passat... Un enigma al voltant d'estranyes llums que brillen entre la boira que envolta l'illot del far. Una criatura de malson que s'oculta en la profunditat del bosc... Aquests i altres elements teixeixen la trama del misteri que unirà la Irene i l'Ismael per sempre durant un màgic estiu a la Badia Blava.

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Barcelona, 1957. Daniel Sempere i el seu amic Fermín, els herois de L?Ombra del Vent , tornen de nou a l?aventura per afrontar el desafiament més gran de les seves vides.Just quan tot començava a somriure?ls, un inquietant personatge visita la llibreria de Sempere i amenaça de desvelar un terrible secret que fa dècades que està enterrat en la fosca memòria de la ciutat. En conèixer la veritat, Daniel comprendrà que el seu destí l?arrossega inexorablement a enfrontar-se a la més gran de les ombres: la que està creixent en el seu interior.Plena d?intriga i emoció, El Presoner del Cel és una novella magistral en què els fils de L?Ombra del Vent i El Joc de l?Àngel convergeixen a través de l?encís de la literatura i ens condueixen cap a l?enigma que s?oculta en el cor del Cementiri dels Llibres Oblidats.

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Tot fugint dels desastres de la Segona Guerra Mundial, la família Carver es trasllada a una casa prop de la platja, en un poblet tranquil vora l?Atlàntic. Es tracta d?un viatge també en el temps, atès que els Carver aviat es troben al mig d?una sorprenent història relacionada amb inquietants esdeveniments del passat. Max i Alícia, els germans grans de la família, protagonitzen amb el seu amic Roland una perillosa aventura que els porta a enfrontar-se amb el Príncep de la Boira, un personatge sinistre que pot concedir qualsevol desig i que mai no oblida el que ha demanat a canvi.

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From the internationally bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind comes a chilling mystery about one magical summer that turns into a nightmare . . .When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normandy, she's immediately taken by the beauty of the place--its expansive cliffs, coasts, and harbors. There, she meets a local boy named Ishmael, and the two soon fall in love. But a dark plot is about to unfold involving a reclusive toymaker who lives in a gigantic mansion filled with mechanical beings and shadows of the past.As strange lights shine through the fog surrounding a small, barren island, Irene's younger brother dreams of a dark creature hidden deep in the forest. And when a young girl is found murdered, her body at the end of a path torn through the woods by a monstrous, inhuman force, Irene and Ishmael wonder--has a demonic presence been unleashed on the inhabitants of Cape House? Together, they'll have to survive the most terrifying summer of their lives.

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1943. As war sweeps across Europe, Max Carver's father moves his family away from the city, to an old wooden house on the coast. But as soon as they arrive, strange things begin to happen: Max discovers a garden filled with eerie statues; his sisters are plagued by unsettling dreams and voices; a box of old films opens a window to the past.Most unsettling of all are rumours about the previous owners and the mysterious disappearance of their son. As Max delves into the past, he encounters the terrifying story of the Prince of Mist, a sinister shadow who emerges from the night to settle old scores, then disappears with the first mists of dawn . . .Originally published in Spain as a young adult novel, THE PRINCE OF MIST is a mesmerising tale of mystery, romance and adventure.

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We all have a secret buried under lock and key in the attic of our soul. This is mine . . .In May 1980, 15-year-old Óscar Drai suddenly vanishes from his boarding school in the old quarter of Barcelona. For seven days and nights no one knows his whereabouts . . .His story begins in the heart of old Barcelona, when he meets Marina and her father German Blau, a portrait painter. Marina takes Óscar to a cemetery and at 10 am, a coach pulled by horses appears. From it descends a woman dressed in black, her face shrouded, wearing gloves, holding a single rose. She walks over to a gravestone that bears no name, only the mysterious emblem of a black butterfly with open wings. When Óscar and Marina decide to follow her they begin a journey that will take them to the heights of a forgotten, post-war Barcelona, a world of aristocrats and actresses, inventors and tycoons; and a dark secret that lies waiting in the mysterious labyrinth beneath the city streets.From the bestselling author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND comes a haunting gothic mystery - now an international BookTok sensation.

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La nova llar dels Carver està envoltada de misteri. Encara s'hi respira l'esperit de Jacob, el fill dels antics propietaris, que va morir ofegat. Les estranyes circumstàncies d'aquella mort només es comencen a aclarir amb l'aparició d'un diabòlic personatge: el Príncep de la Boira, capaç de concedir qualsevol desig a una persona a un preu molt alt...

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A la Barcelona del 1980 l'Òscar Drai somia despert, fascinat pels palauets modernistes propers a l'internat on estudia. En una de les seves escapades coneix la Marina, una noia audaç que comparteix amb l'Òscar l'aventura d'endinsar-se en un enigma dolorós del passat de la ciutat. Un misteriós personatge de la postguerra es va proposar el més gran desafiament imaginable, però la seva ambició el va arrossegar per uns camins sinistres amb unes conseqüències que algú encara ha de pagar avui."Quinze anys més tard, la memòria d'aquell dia ha tornat a mi. He vist aquell noi vagarejant entre les bromes de l'estació de França i el nom de Marina s'ha encès una altra vegada com una ferida fresca. Tots tenim un secret tancat amb clau a l'àtic de l'ànima. Aquest és el meu."

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La nova llar dels Carver, que s'han mudat a la costa fugint de la ciutat i de la guerra, està envoltada de misteri. Encara s'hi respira l'esperit de Jacob, el fill dels antics propietaris, que va morir ofegat. Les estranyes circumstàncies d'aquella mort només es comencen a aclarir amb l'aparició d'un diabòlic personatge: el Príncep de la Boira, capaç de concedir qualsevol desig a una persona a un preu molt alt...

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A la Barcelona de 1980 l'Òscar Drai somia despert, fascinat pels palauets modernistes propers a l'internat on estudia. En una de les seves escapades coneix la Marina, una noia audaç que comparteix amb l'Òscar l'aventura d'endinsar-se en un enigma dolorós del passat de la ciutat. Un misteriós personatge de la postguerra es va proposar el més gran desafiament imaginable, però la seva ambició el va arrossegar per uns camins sinistres amb unes conseqüències que algú encara ha de pagar avui...

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Una matinada del 1945, un noi és acompanyat pel seu pare a un indret misteriós, amagat al cor de Ciutat Vella: el Cementiri dels Llibres Oblidats. Daniel Sempere hi troba un llibre maleït que canvia el rumb de la seva vida i l?arrossega a un laberint d?intrigues i secrets enterrats a l?ànima fosca de la ciutat. L?Ombra del Vent és un misteri literari ambientat a la Barcelona de la primera meitat del segle XX, des de les últimes esplendors del Modernisme fins a les tenebres de la postguerra.Conjuminant les tècniques del relat d?intriga i suspens, la novella històrica i la comèdia de costums, L?Ombra del Vent és sobretot una tràgica història d?amor l?eco de la qual es projecta a través del temps. Amb una gran força narrativa, l?autor entrellaça trames i enigmes com si fossin nines russes en un inoblidable relat sobre els secrets del cor i l?encís dels llibres que manté la intriga fins a la darrera pàgina.

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Carlos Ruiz Zafón concibió este libro de relatos como un reconocimiento a sus lectores, que le habían seguido a lo largo de la saga iniciada con?La Sombra del Viento.Puedo conjurar rostros de chiquillos del barrio de la Ribera con los que a veces jugaba o peleaba en la calle, pero ninguno que quisiera rescatar del país de la indiferencia. Ninguno excepto el de Blanca.Un muchacho decide hacerse escritor al descubrir que sus invenciones le regalan un rato más de interés por parte de la niña rica que le ha robado el corazón. Un arquitecto huye de Constantinopla con los planos de una biblioteca inexpugnable. Un extraño caballero tienta a Cervantes para que escriba un libro como no ha existido jamás. Y Gaudí, navegando hacia una misteriosa cita en Nueva York, se deleita con la luz y el vapor, la materia de la que deberían estar hechas las ciudades.El eco de los grandes personajes y motivos de las novelas de El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados resuen

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Barcelona, 1957. Daniel Sempere y su amigo Fermín, los héroes de La Sombra del Viento , regresan de nuevo a la aventura para afrontar el mayor desafío de sus vidas.Justo cuando todo empezaba a sonreírles, un inquietante personaje visita la librería de Sempere y amenaza con desvelar un terrible secreto que lleva enterrado dos décadas en la oscura memoria de la ciudad. Al conocer la verdad, Daniel comprenderá que su destino le arrastra inexorablemente a enfrentarse con la mayor de las sombras: la que está creciendo en su interior.Rebosante de intriga y emoción, El Prisionero del Cielo es una novela magistral donde los hilos de La Sombra del Viento y El Juego del Ángel convergen a través del embrujo de la literatura y nos conduce hacia el enigma que se oculta en el corazón del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados.

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Los tres volúmenes de la Trilogía de la niebla en un sólo volumen de título homónimo.En una misteriosa casa de la costa atlántica, lejos del Londres amenazado por la guerra, Max va a descubrir que los desafíos del presente a menudo tienen su razón de ser en pactos inconfesables sellados mucho tiempo atrás, donde habitan seres como El Príncipe de la Niebla. En la Calcuta de 1932, un tren en llamas atraviesa la ciudad, y el círculo de amigos de Ben y Sheere debe enfrentarse al más terrible y mortífero enigma de la ciudad de los palacios; una aventura, El Palacio de la Medianoche, que va a cambiar sus propias vidas. Entre París y un extraño faro de Normandía se desarrolla Las Luces de Septiembre, en la que Irene e Ismael se adentran en el misterio de un fabricante de juguetes que vive entre seres mecánicos y sombras del pasado, a la vez que crecen los lazos que los van a unir para siempre. La Trilogía de la Niebla nos ofrece una inigualable combinación de aventura, misterio y emociones

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Tercer libro de la Trilogía de la niebla.Un misterioso fabricante de juguetes que vive recluido en una gigantesca mansión poblada de seres mecánicos y sombras del pasado... Un enigma en torno a extrañas luces que brillan entre la niebla que rodea el islote del faro. Una criatura de pesadilla que se oculta en lo más profundo del bosque...Estos y otros elementos tejen la trama del misterio que unirá a Irene e Ismael para siempre durante un mágico verano en Bahía Azul. Un misterio que los llevará a vivir la más emocionante de las aventuras en un laberíntico mundo de luces y sombras.Carlos Ruiz ZafónBarcelona, 1964Carlos Ruiz Zafón es uno de los autores más leídos y reconocidos en todo el mundo. Inicia su carrera literaria en 1993 con El Príncipe de la Niebla (Premio Edebé), a la que siguen El Palacio de la Medianoche, Las Luces de Septiembre (reunidos en el volumen La Trilogía de la Niebla) y Marina. En 2001 se publica su primera novela para adultos, La Sombra del Viento, que

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1916, Calcutta. A man pauses for breath outside the ruins of Jheeter's Gate station knowing he has only hours to live. Pursued by assassins, he must ensure the safety of two newborn twins, before disappearing into the night to meet his fate. 1932. Ben and his friends are due to leave the orphanage which has been their home for sixteen years. Tonight will be the final meeting of their secret club, in the old ruin they christened The Midnight Palace. Then Ben discovers he has a sister - and together they learn the tragic story of their past, as a shadowy figures lures them to a terrifying showdown in the ruins of Jheeter's Gate station.From the bestselling author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND, this is the haunting story of a secret society and a labyrinthine railway station with a dark past.

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'A heady brew of detective thriller, supernatural horror tale, magical realist fable and a heartbreaking love story' DAILY MAIL'Readers familiar with The Shadow of the Wind will find themselves back in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books where, from a labyrinthine library, volumes seem to select their readers . . . rattling good gothic fun' SPECTATORIn an abandoned mansion in the heart of Barcelona, a young man, David Martín, makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city's underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house lie photographs and letters hinting at an unsolved mystery.Like a slow poison, the history of the place and an impossible love bring David close to despair. But then he receives a letter from a reclusive French editor who makes him the offer of a lifetime . . .'Will grip you from start to finish' DAILY EXPRESS

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'This is is explicitly, and joyously, a book about books, about what can be learned from them and what is lost when they are lost' GUARDIAN'Full of stylish writing, Gothic atmosphere and love letters to 19th-century novels' WASHINGTON POSTBarcelona, 1957. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife, Bea, have much to celebrate. They have a beautiful new baby son, and their close friend Fermín Romero de Torres is about to be wed. But their joy is eclipsed when a a mysterious figure with a porcelain hand enters the Sempere bookshop, threatening to divulge a terrible secret that has been buried for two decades.His appearance plunges Fermín and Daniel into a dangerous adventure that will take them back to the 1940s - the early days of Franco's dictatorship and the very heart of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books.The Prisoner of Heaven is a rich, labyrinthine tale of love, literature, passion, and revenge set in a dark, gothic Barcelona, in which the heroes of The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game must contend with a nemesis that threatens to destroy them.

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Magnificent: a dizzying tale of drama, intrigue and passion' MAIL ON SUNDAY'A colossal, genre-crossing achievement' GUARDIANAs a child, Daniel Sempere discovered among the passageways of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books an extraordinary novel that would change the course of his life. Now a young man in the Barcelona of the late 1950s, Daniel runs the Sempere & Sons bookshop and enjoys a seemingly fulfilling life with his loving wife and son. Yet the mystery surrounding the death of his mother continues to plague his soul.Just when Daniel believes he is close to solving this enigma, a conspiracy more sinister than he could have imagined spreads its tentacles from the hellish Franco regime. That is when Alicia Gris appears, a soul born out of the nightmare of the war. She is the one who will lead Daniel to the edge of the abyss and reveal the secret history of his family, although at a terrifying price.

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"Anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick up The Shadow of the Wind. Really, you should." —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post“Wondrous...masterful...The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero.” —Entertainment Weekly, Editor's Choice“This is one gorgeous read.” —Stephen King"I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetary of Forgotten Books for the first time..."Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer’s son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julián Carax. But when he sets out to find the author’s other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax’s books in existence. Soon Daniel’s seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona’s darkest secrets—an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.

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