Take a photo of a barcode or cover
richardbakare 's review for:
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
When someone recommends me a book I’ve never heard of by an equally unknown author, I approach it with extreme reservation. This one I leapt into because the friend likened it to the wonder you experience reading “100 Years of Solitude.” That friend was spot on in their comparison.
Don’t be daunted by the heft of this tome. For every page tightens or loosens this Gordian Knot of mysteries. Every manner of topic is covered by Zafon. From book burnings, to love, regrets, war, politics, loss, and joy. The book examines life and celebrates it with every chapter.
Some of the most beautiful and powerful lines I’ve ever read are tucked within these paragraphs and leave you observing an experience outside your own but fully identifying what is universal in all of it. Especially, in how knowledge lives on even when evil tries to snuff it out.
Zafron also cleverly weaves in his views on Science vs Religion; particularly as reflected against cultural progress. All of this happens behind the clinical effort of world building and character development that Zafron demonstrates. In the end we explore how history echoes throughout generations.
Don’t be daunted by the heft of this tome. For every page tightens or loosens this Gordian Knot of mysteries. Every manner of topic is covered by Zafon. From book burnings, to love, regrets, war, politics, loss, and joy. The book examines life and celebrates it with every chapter.
Some of the most beautiful and powerful lines I’ve ever read are tucked within these paragraphs and leave you observing an experience outside your own but fully identifying what is universal in all of it. Especially, in how knowledge lives on even when evil tries to snuff it out.
Zafron also cleverly weaves in his views on Science vs Religion; particularly as reflected against cultural progress. All of this happens behind the clinical effort of world building and character development that Zafron demonstrates. In the end we explore how history echoes throughout generations.