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Enthralled, daniel chooses an obscure novel, the shadow of the wind, a complex quest tale whose author, julian carax, reputedly fled spain at the outbreak of its civil war, and later died in. The shadow of the wind written by carlos ruiz zafon and translated by lucia graves, was an absolutely beautiful book to read and savour. Ruiz zafons followup, the angels game, is a prequel to the shadow of the wind. Almost to the point where we relinquish the control, and banish the warnings, only to get lost in the life and lies of others, losing our own worlds in the process.
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