Carlos Ruiz Zafónauthor profile |
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| gender | male | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| website | http://www.carlosruizzafon.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| genre | Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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about this author
Carlos Ruiz Zafón is a Spanish novelist. Born in Barcelona in 1964, he has lived in Los Angeles, United States, since 1994, and works as a scriptwriter aside from writing novels. His first novel, El príncipe de la niebla (The Prince of Mist, 1993), earned the Edebé literary prize for young adult fiction. He is also the author of three more young-adult novels, El palacio de la medianoche (1994), Las luces de septiembre (1995) and Marina (1999). In 2001 he published the novel La sombra del viento ("The Shadow of the Wind"), his first "adult" novel, which has sold millions of copies worldwide. Since its publication, La sombra del viento has garnered critical acclaim ...more |
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books by Carlos Ruiz Zafóncombine editionsavg rating: 4.20 | 8222 ratings | 9 distinct works
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quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"Once, in my father's bookshop, I heard a regular customer say that few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart. Those first images, the echo of words we think we have left behind, accompany us throughout our lives and sculpt a palace in our memory to which, sooner or later—no matter how many books we read, how many worlds we discover, or how much we learn or forget—we will return."
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón (The Shadow of the Wind)
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón (The Shadow of the Wind)
"I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time."
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón (The Shadow of the Wind)
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón (The Shadow of the Wind)
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