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The Rose of Fire (El cementerio de los libros olvidados 0.5)
Set at the time of the Spanish Inquisition in the fifteenth century, “Rose of Fire” tells the story of the origins of the mysterious labyrinthine library, the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, which lies at the heart of Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s novels The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel’s Game, and now The Prisoner of Heaven.
Kindle Edition, 35 pages
Published
June 26th 2012
by HarperCollins ebooks
(first published January 1st 2012)
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A short story which acts as a prequel to the author's Barcelona quartet, giving some background on the origins of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. It's not available in the UK, so I had to acquire it by other means - strange, since it's free for Kindle in the US! Anyway, I enjoyed the story but, as always with this kind of thing, it was very slight and I wish it could have been longer.
This is a free short story dealing with the origins of the Cemetary of Forgotten Books that is introduced in The Shadow of the Wind and again in The Angel's Game. It could stand on its own as a odd little legend, but you'd probably get more out of it if you had some knowledge of the Cemetary given in the other books as well as a familiarity with the Sempere family, since one of their ancestors appears to play a role here.
The prose is typical Zafon, with a tendency toward the flowery, but overall...more
The prose is typical Zafon, with a tendency toward the flowery, but overall...more
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No sabía con que me encontraría al leer esta historia. Como primer punto a favor, me sentí emocionada al saber que develaría el origen del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados.
En manos de David Martín mis expectativas se derrumbaron un poco, puesto que no tengo la mayor fe en el personaje y nunca ha sido mi favorito. Sin embargo, como las historias de Carlos Ruiz Zafón, no deja de ser fascinante de principio a fin y lo que culmina con los Sempere afortunadamente tiene origen en ellos también.
Como...more
En manos de David Martín mis expectativas se derrumbaron un poco, puesto que no tengo la mayor fe en el personaje y nunca ha sido mi favorito. Sin embargo, como las historias de Carlos Ruiz Zafón, no deja de ser fascinante de principio a fin y lo que culmina con los Sempere afortunadamente tiene origen en ellos también.
Como...more
I had never heard about this novelist before, but yesterday when I went to the Book fair, that took place in The National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria, I was given this story by a promoter of one of the publishing houses.
I have to say that I really loved it and I want to read the other novels of this author as well :) I have the feeling that they are gonna be really nice. I am very curious. :)
About this story in particular, I have to say that I really liked it. Really interesting for me...more
I have to say that I really loved it and I want to read the other novels of this author as well :) I have the feeling that they are gonna be really nice. I am very curious. :)
About this story in particular, I have to say that I really liked it. Really interesting for me...more
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One of my favorite books of all time is The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. In it, there is the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a labyrinthine library that winds underground. Rose of Fire is a short story that defines the origins of this labyrinth and how it came into existence.
The story begins in 1454 when a ship was sighted aground on the coast of Spain with a soul survivor tied to the helm of the ship. On the dying man's person was a journal written in a foreign tongue. This journal hol...more
The story begins in 1454 when a ship was sighted aground on the coast of Spain with a soul survivor tied to the helm of the ship. On the dying man's person was a journal written in a foreign tongue. This journal hol...more
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, author of The Shadow of the Wind, is like many other authors these days in that he is pumping out short stories for digital devices. The Rose of Fire is one such story, but this story tells the tale of how the Cemetery of Forgotten Books was born at the time of the Spanish Inquisition in the fifteenth century. The labyrinth of books is an intriguing idea, and Zafón’s prose is at once lyrical and absorbing, transporting readers into another time and place.
As fear and suspicion...more
As fear and suspicion...more
July 10 is marked on my calendar. Carlos Ruiz Zafon's latest installment in the series that began with the magical book "The Shadow of the Wind" comes out on that day. I can't wait to dive into it---and this book, in addition to the short story "The Rose of Fire," gives us a preview of what must be the first chapter.
The Rose of Fire begins even before the beginning. It tells a fairy tale of sorts, set in the heart and hypocrisy of the Spanish Inquisition and explores the nature of true goodness...more
The Rose of Fire begins even before the beginning. It tells a fairy tale of sorts, set in the heart and hypocrisy of the Spanish Inquisition and explores the nature of true goodness...more
Esta crítica refere-se ao livro "O Príncipe de Parnaso". Como esse livro ainda não tem ficha no Goodreads, publico aqui a sua crítica para que possam conhecer a minha opinião :) Quando a ficha for criada e estiver disponível, mudo a crítica para lá.
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Cores, cheiros, texturas. Livros, História, amor, paixão. Luzes, sombras, mistério. Estes são os ingredientes com que Carlos Ruíz Zafón nos brinda uma vez mais numa breve viagem a Ba...more
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Cores, cheiros, texturas. Livros, História, amor, paixão. Luzes, sombras, mistério. Estes são os ingredientes com que Carlos Ruíz Zafón nos brinda uma vez mais numa breve viagem a Ba...more
Rose of Fire is a free ebook prequel to the Carlos Ruiz Zafón's The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series. The story is described as telling the history of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, which intrigued me as this remains on of the main mysteries for me in the first two books of the series, The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game. However, while the story does tell the origins, it doesn't tell the complete history of the Cemetery, so while it answers some questions, it really just leaves as m...more
I feel guilty calling this a book, but I'm going to because I am reading three 500+ page books right now so this should count for something!
This little teensy book is a starter to the Carlos Ruiz Zafon series the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. I have read the first book in the series and was totally enchanted the entire read. I was so excited to find this free e-book thinking I was going to understand more about the origins of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. However, I didn't learn what I had hop...more
This little teensy book is a starter to the Carlos Ruiz Zafon series the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. I have read the first book in the series and was totally enchanted the entire read. I was so excited to find this free e-book thinking I was going to understand more about the origins of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. However, I didn't learn what I had hop...more
As I rate this, I know that I am being unfair to a very talented author. As a short story, it is fine... ok, I'll say good, even, but it was very disappointing after reading the Shadow of the Wind. SOTW was an excellent book with well-developed characters and a gritty, realistic setting. It flirted with the fantastical, while staying firmly planted in the real world. The Rose of Fire, on the other hand, is a straight-up fantasy story. I feel that billing it as an "explanation of how the Cemetery...more
Talk about disappointing. From the author who brought us amazing books like The Shadow of the Wind and The Prisoner of Heaven (also The Angel’s Game, which was good but not amazing), there’s The Rose of Fire.
Supposedly this short story will explain the origins of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. I was so excited to read it (thanks to Mel @ The Book Musings who told me it existed).
What a disappointment for real. While now I know a little more about the Cemetery of Forgotten books, I don’t even ca...more
Supposedly this short story will explain the origins of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. I was so excited to read it (thanks to Mel @ The Book Musings who told me it existed).
What a disappointment for real. While now I know a little more about the Cemetery of Forgotten books, I don’t even ca...more
The fictional location known as The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a well-guarded labyrinth-like structure where strange and unique tomes are stored, is central to Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s most famous series of novels which includes The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel’s Game and the soon-to-be-released The Prisoner of Heaven. Within the pages of this new free digital short Zafón chronicles the legend behind the creation of this area by crafting a seven page myth that’s just as engaging as his much longer...more
How did I not know of this book till now .... damn I had accidentally stumbled upon Zafon' book The Shadow of the Wind and had loved it and became a fan of the author; style even if I have to read the translated versions by Lucia Graves since all the original works are in Spanish. Well better late than never, The Rose of Fire is a short story behind the origins of the mysterious labyrinth which plays a major role in The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series and though I would have wanted a bit more...more
I'm counting days until I will be able to (finally) lay my hands on The Prisoner of Heaven.
So, to satisfy my impatience, I decide to read this short story. It's an insight to how the Cemetery came to be. An interesting read, that gives a bit of the backdrop, with probably much wider meaning that suggested. I was expecting a bit more information though, and some of the points were a bit naive, thus only two stars.
Book also contains an excerpt from The Prisoner of Heaven which I decided to skip be...more
So, to satisfy my impatience, I decide to read this short story. It's an insight to how the Cemetery came to be. An interesting read, that gives a bit of the backdrop, with probably much wider meaning that suggested. I was expecting a bit more information though, and some of the points were a bit naive, thus only two stars.
Book also contains an excerpt from The Prisoner of Heaven which I decided to skip be...more
Free on Kindle.
Location 38:
It was the year of Our Lord 1454. A plague had decimated the population during the winter and the city lay under a blanket of ochre-coloured smoke that rose from bonfires ablaze with hundreds of corpses and shrouds.
Location 65:
And so it was that the printer spent the entire night reading and translating for the Grand Inquisitor the secret diary of Edmond de Luna, adventurer and bearer of a curse that was to bring the beast to Barcelona.
Location 88:
For months on end Edm...more
Location 38:
It was the year of Our Lord 1454. A plague had decimated the population during the winter and the city lay under a blanket of ochre-coloured smoke that rose from bonfires ablaze with hundreds of corpses and shrouds.
Location 65:
And so it was that the printer spent the entire night reading and translating for the Grand Inquisitor the secret diary of Edmond de Luna, adventurer and bearer of a curse that was to bring the beast to Barcelona.
Location 88:
For months on end Edm...more
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Гробището на забравените книги е онзи елемент, от който в „Сянката на вятъра“ започна всичко.
Давид Мартин заплете мистерията в „Играта на ангела“, а краят на „Затворникът на рая“ така овърза конците, че тази загадъчна скрита библиотека придоби очарование, за каквото в началото дори не можеш да си помислиш.
„Огнената роза“ ни изпраща в средата на XV век и ни запознава със забулен в тайна строител на лабиринти, който пристига в Барселона на призрачен кораб, пълен с мъртъвци. И носи със себе си стра...more
Давид Мартин заплете мистерията в „Играта на ангела“, а краят на „Затворникът на рая“ така овърза конците, че тази загадъчна скрита библиотека придоби очарование, за каквото в началото дори не можеш да си помислиш.
„Огнената роза“ ни изпраща в средата на XV век и ни запознава със забулен в тайна строител на лабиринти, който пристига в Барселона на призрачен кораб, пълен с мъртъвци. И носи със себе си стра...more
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I wish I hadn't had to read this on my laptop. And another feature of kindle's I don't like: It tells you where other people have highlighted. WHY. Can you imagine reading the works of Shakespeare or the Bible on your kindle? The entire thing would be underlined! "9,000 people highlighted this." No doubt because they are studying it in school.
I tried to ignore it.
The story itself is quite short, about a prisoner of the Inquisition and the evil Inquisitor. I liked it, though. It was a bit like...more
I tried to ignore it.
The story itself is quite short, about a prisoner of the Inquisition and the evil Inquisitor. I liked it, though. It was a bit like...more
What a bonus read this is! Free copy at Amazon!
The Rose of Fire is a short story about how the Cemetery of Forgotten Books began. After having read the Trilogy, I really appreciated this Book #0.5 of the trilogy! As I read it, I saw the person of Zafon in it ... his interest in dragons was combined with his passion for literature. Quite an odd combination, I would say. It was so much fun to read something where you'd see that the writer himself was having fun writing!
You never fail me, Senor Ca...more
The Rose of Fire is a short story about how the Cemetery of Forgotten Books began. After having read the Trilogy, I really appreciated this Book #0.5 of the trilogy! As I read it, I saw the person of Zafon in it ... his interest in dragons was combined with his passion for literature. Quite an odd combination, I would say. It was so much fun to read something where you'd see that the writer himself was having fun writing!
You never fail me, Senor Ca...more
Sep 02, 2012
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WHAT?
That raised more questions than answers!!
A short story dedicated to the unveiling of the history of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books (Series by Carloz Ruiz Zafon), 'The Rose of Fire' is overflowing with Zafons' delectable prose. The story has more in common with The Angels Game than The Shadow of the Wind, with regard to more mythical elements and supernatural phenomenon. I wish he detailed it further though, rather than just give us a glimpse of the inception of the Library.
Not as great as...more
That raised more questions than answers!!
A short story dedicated to the unveiling of the history of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books (Series by Carloz Ruiz Zafon), 'The Rose of Fire' is overflowing with Zafons' delectable prose. The story has more in common with The Angels Game than The Shadow of the Wind, with regard to more mythical elements and supernatural phenomenon. I wish he detailed it further though, rather than just give us a glimpse of the inception of the Library.
Not as great as...more
Original post here.
The Rose of Fire is a short, short story - so short in fact that I managed to finish reading it in the 10- to 15-minute period I spent waiting for my take-out at a pizza place last week. While reading on the phone (with the awful backlight) wasn't very ideal for my poor eyes, I had to browse through my Kindle app anyway to look for something with which to pass the time. (But I forgive the pizza place if only for the sumptuous baked macaroni.) The Rose of Fire proved to be mo...more
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At this point, any new book by Carlos Zafon is cause for celebration. He's a wonderful writer of the (somewhat) magical realism variety, and he's created a world in a series of related books, a world that is hallucinogenic, dangerous, and wonderful. This is essentially a short story that spins off the other more substantial books, but it's welcome nonetheless. If you haven't read any Zafon, start with the Shadow of the Wind, his first (at least in English) and best so far.
I have never read anything by Carlos Ruiz Zafon until now, but after reading this free short story that gives the origin of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books,
The Shadow Of The Wind and The Angel's Game have been bumped to the top of my reading list.
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I have always wanted to know more about the Cemetery of Forgotten Books so when I saw that there was a short story available I jumped at it. It didn't fulfill my entire wish to know about this weird and wonderful place but it at least was a start. You find out where the plans came from and whose hands the eventually fall. Now I want to know who built it and why they decided to store books in this amazing labyrinth etc. Definitely leaves you wanting more.
It is a short story (free) from Carlos Ruiz Zafón. The Rose Of Fire tells the story how the cemetery of the forgotten book was created.
A sole survivor was found on a ship with a notebook written in an unknown language. The notebook holds the key to the cemetery of the forgotten book, immortality and the tears of Jesus Christ.
It's an excited short read, It's only available as ebook and it's free. You won't regret reading it.
A sole survivor was found on a ship with a notebook written in an unknown language. The notebook holds the key to the cemetery of the forgotten book, immortality and the tears of Jesus Christ.
It's an excited short read, It's only available as ebook and it's free. You won't regret reading it.
I think this would have made a better prequel or flashback chapter in one of the full-length novels. As it stands, it's a little bit of a too-short short story that creates more questions than it answers. It is a free ebook though and for that it's not bad and not too hard to understand provided you're already familiar with the world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series.
Maybe 3.5? Or not. While I did like some of the ideas, it just didn't have the same magic as the two full-length novels this short story precedes. But that's probably because it's too short to do the story justice, as that's one of the things I love about his novels - that as you read on you get more and more seduced by his writing and sucked into his lush gothic world.
I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it...what can you say about 20 pages?
It was an interesting concept, the dragon, the labyrinth, the Scheherazade reference....maybe a bit more development?
I am a bit more harsh than I would otherwise be since I took this to read during my run on the treadmill and I had nothing to do for the last 30 minutes of the run.
It was an interesting concept, the dragon, the labyrinth, the Scheherazade reference....maybe a bit more development?
I am a bit more harsh than I would otherwise be since I took this to read during my run on the treadmill and I had nothing to do for the last 30 minutes of the run.
Although it is excellent, as far as it goes, I was expecting more. It provides very brief hint at the origins of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. The three books in the series are so complete, detailed and character driven, I was expecting more. This hardly rates as a short story. I just wanted more...Can one have too much of a good thing?
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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...more
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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...more
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