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Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of two critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling novels, The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game, was one of the world's most-read and best-loved writers. His work, which also includes prizewinning young adult novels, has been translated into more than fifty languages and published around the world, garnering numerous international prizes and reaching millions of readers. He died from colon cancer in June 2020 aged 55.
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This is your sixth novel, and it has been sold in twenty countries and
translated into several languages. What do you think accounts for its worldwide
appeal? Do you find that readers here in the States respond differently from
Spanish readers?
I think it is all about the story, the characters, the pleasure of the
language and of the imagination, the experience of the read. American readers
respond to The Shadow of the Wind in the very same way as Italian, Spanish,
Norwegian, Australian, French, British, or German readers do. The pleasure of
reading a great story and to experience the characters' adventures is universal.
Daniel promises to show Bea a Barcelona that she's never seen. From the
paintings of Joan Miro to the imaginative architecture of Antoni Gaudí, what is
it about Barcelona that lends itself to fantasy? Do you believe, as Daniel says
to Bea, that "the memory of this city will pursue you and you'll die of
sadness"?
Barcelona provides an enchanting, mysterious, and romantic setting for the
story because many things about the place, its streets, its history, and its
people are unique. It is also my hometown, a place I know like the palm of my
hand, and I wanted to...
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