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(p. 4) "I was raised among books, making invisible friends in pages that seemed cast from dust and whose smell I carry on my hands to this day."
(P. 176) Danlel, to Bea: "Someone once said that the moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever."
(p. 178) Daniel, to Bea: "Well, this is a story about books...accursed books, about the man who wrote them, about a character who broke out of the pages of a novel so that he could burn it, about ...more
(P. 176) Danlel, to Bea: "Someone once said that the moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever."
(p. 178) Daniel, to Bea: "Well, this is a story about books...accursed books, about the man who wrote them, about a character who broke out of the pages of a novel so that he could burn it, about ...more

Eis um livro que me conquistou às suas primeiras páginas. Como não o fazer quando descreve tão bem aquela sensação de descobrir 'o nosso livro'? De descobrir aquele livro que nos marca tão profundamente, que nos muda, aquele livro que nos alerta ou desperta para a importância da literatura, que nos arrebata de tal forma que passamos o resto da nossa vida de leitores a tentar reencontrar a mesma emoção em outros livros...
Não, não precisou de muito para me convencer que Carlos Ruiz Zafón é um escr ...more
Não, não precisou de muito para me convencer que Carlos Ruiz Zafón é um escr ...more

"The Shadow of the Wind" had been sitting on my shelf for awhile and when Amanda and I both showed up to book club last month with it listed on our suggestions, we knew the stars had aligned and that it was time to read this novel.
It was a gripping read full of intrigue and lots of twists & turns. It was definitely one of those books where I wished my train would have delays on the way to work so that I could read even more of it in one sitting. ...more
It was a gripping read full of intrigue and lots of twists & turns. It was definitely one of those books where I wished my train would have delays on the way to work so that I could read even more of it in one sitting. ...more

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p443 nuria recounting julia's discovery of daniel--perspective loop!
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p191 Fermin, "the seducer's code' p274 stupidity of julian having sex carelessly when they're so clse to freedom--too much of Fate p377 revelation of incest way too late p386 incomprehensible death of jorge aldaya's father on way to buenos aires, jumping to suicide with sharks ...more
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p443 nuria recounting julia's discovery of daniel--perspective loop!
-
p191 Fermin, "the seducer's code' p274 stupidity of julian having sex carelessly when they're so clse to freedom--too much of Fate p377 revelation of incest way too late p386 incomprehensible death of jorge aldaya's father on way to buenos aires, jumping to suicide with sharks ...more

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