End of last year, the novel was piling up in all the booksellers of Brussels. And it was presented as a "must read"! I had never heard of Ruiz Zafon before, but, at the same time, I have a very limited knowledge of the Spanish literature ...
The cover was mysterious enough and the back cover did wake my interest, so I made it my next holiday reading !
Zafon is really an amazing writer. Once you have dwelved into his book, you can hardly stop! I had some pretty short nights ...
The synopsis:In an abandoned mansion at 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 has taken refuge in the world of books and 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 the mysterious death of the previous owner.Like a slow poison, the history of the place seeps into his bones as he struggles with an impossible love. Close to despair, David receives a letter from a reclusive French editor, Andreas Corelli, who makes him the offer of a lifetime. He is to write a book unlike anything that has ever existed--a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, and perhaps more. But as David begins the work, he realizes that there is a connection between his haunting book and the shadows that surround his home.
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