Barcelona, 1616. El caballero Antoni de Sempere, facedor de libros, sigue un cortejo fúnebre en compañía de Andreas Corelli. Son los restos mortuorios de Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra. En este cuento corto, Carlos Ruiz Zafón nos propone un viaje a los orígenes de El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados, la serie de novelas que inauguró con La sombra del viento.

Dawno temu, zgodnie z dobrą i piękną tradycją, na święta Bożego Narodzenia pisarze obdarowywali wiernych czytelników "opowieścią wigilijną". Dzisiaj Carlos Ruis Zafón ofiarowuje swoim czytelnikom opowieść Książę Parnasu. Prezent to swoisty, bo uchylający rąbka niejednej tajemnicy. I tej wskazującej na groźne i niejasne powiązania początkującego poety Miguela de Cervantesa z diabolicznym wydawcą Andreasem Corellim. I tej związanej ze spotkaniem w roku 1569 przyszłego autora Don Kichota z barcelońskim drukarzem Antonim de Sempere i przedziwnym łazikiem Sanchem Ferminem de la Torre. Być może, gdyby nie to spotkanie, Barcelona byłaby uboższa o Cmentarz Zapomnianych Książek.

Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals from its war wounds, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julian Carax. But when he sets out to find the author's other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax's books in existence. Soon Daniel's seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets—an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love. —back cover

From master storyteller Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind, comes The Angel’s Game—a dazzling new page-turner about the perilous nature of obsession, in literature and in love. The whole of Barcelona stretched out at my feet and I wanted to believe that when I opened those windows—my new windows—each evening its streets would whisper stories to me, secrets in my ear, that I could catch on paper and narrate to whomever cared to listen… In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man, David Martin, makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he has taken refuge in the world of books and spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city’s underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house lie photographs and letters hinting at the mysterious death of the previous owner. Like a slow poison, the history of the place seeps into his bones as he struggles with an impossible love. Close to despair, David receives a letter from a reclusive French editor, Andreas Corelli, who makes him the offer of a lifetime. He is to write a book unlike anything that has ever existed—a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, and perhaps more. But as David begins the work, he realizes that there is a connection between his haunting book and the shadows that surround his home. Once again, Zafon takes us into a dark, gothic universe first seen in The Shadow of the Wind and creates a breathtaking adventure of intrigue, romance, and tragedy. Through a dizzyingly constructed labyrinth of secrets, the magic of books, passion, and friendship blend into a masterful story. (jacket)

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.

Barcelona, 1957. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife Bea have much to celebrate. They have a beautiful new baby son named Julian, and their close friend Fermín Romero de Torres is about to be wed. But their joy is eclipsed when a mysterious stranger visits the Sempere bookshop and threatens to divulge a terrible secret that has been buried for two decades in the city's dark past. His appearance plunges Fermín and Daniel into a dangerous adventure that will take them back to the 1940's and the dark early days of Franco's dictatorship. The terrifying events of that time launch them on a journey fraught with jealousy, suspicion, vengeance, and lies, a search for the truth that will put into peril everything they love and ultimately transform their lives. Full of intrigue and emotion, The Prisoner of Heaven is a majestic novel in which the threads of The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game converge under the spell of literature and bring us toward the enigma of the mystery hidden at the heart of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a collection of lost treasures known only to its few initiates and the very core of Carlos Ruiz Zafón's enchanting fictional world.

The internationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author returns to the magnificent universe he constructed in his bestselling novels The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel’s Game, and The Prisoner of Heaven in this riveting series finale—a heart-pounding thriller and nail-biting work of suspense which introduces a sexy, seductive new heroine whose investigation shines a light on the dark history of Franco’s Spain In this unforgettable final volume of Ruiz Zafón’s cycle of novels set in the universe of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, beautiful and enigmatic Alicia Gris, with the help of the Sempere family, uncovers one of the most shocking conspiracies in all Spanish history. Nine-year-old Alicia lost her parents during the Spanish Civil War when the Nacionales (the fascists) savagely bombed Barcelona in 1938. Twenty years later, she still carries the emotional and physical scars of that violent and terrifying time. Weary of her work as investigator for Spain’s secret police in Madrid, a job she has held for more than a decade, the twenty-nine-year old plans to move on. At the insistence of her boss, Leandro Montalvo, she remains to solve one last case: the mysterious disappearance of Spain’s Minister of Culture, Mauricio Valls. With her partner, the intimidating policeman Juan Manuel Vargas, Alicia discovers a possible clue—a rare book by the author Victor Mataix hidden in Valls’ office in his Madrid mansion. Valls was the director of the notorious Montjuic Prison in Barcelona during World War II where several writers were imprisoned, including David Martín and Victor Mataix. Traveling to Barcelona on the trail of these writers, Alicia and Vargas meet with several booksellers, including Juan Sempere, who knew her parents. As Alicia and Vargas come closer to finding Valls, they uncover a tangled web of kidnappings and murders tied to the Franco regime, whose corruption is more widespread and horrifying than anyone imagined. Alicia’s courageous and uncompromising search for the truth puts her life in peril. Only with the help of a circle of devoted friends will she emerge from the dark labyrinths of Barcelona and its history into the light of the future. In this haunting new novel, Carlos Ruiz Zafón proves yet again that he is a masterful storyteller and pays homage to the world of books, to his ingenious creation of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, and to that magical bridge between literature and our lives.

Knjige Lavirint duhova I i Lavirint duhova II zaokružuju veličanstven ciklus romana o Groblju zaboravljenih knjiga, kojem pripadaju i Senka vetra, Igra anđela i Zatočenik Nebesa. U fascinantnoj kulminaciji jedne od najvoljenijih pripovesti savremene svetske književnosti, veliki mag pisane reči Karlos Ruis Safon rasvetljava čitaocu sve one tajne koje su ga intrigirale dok je uživao u fantazmagoričnoj literarnoj mreži satkanoj u prethodna tri romana. Barselona 1938: jednog martovskog sumraka, pošto je bio odsutan više od godinu dana, Fermin Romero de Tores vraća se u Barselonu. Građanski rat je u jeku i za njega je izuzetno opasno da bude u gradu, ali on po svaku cenu želi da ispuni obećanje koje je dao svom preminulom prijatelju i da poseti njegovu porodicu. Baš kad stigne do njih, počinje stravično bombardovanje Barselone, i Fermin iz ruševine stana uspeva da izvuče živu samo prijateljevu osmogodišnju ćerku Alisu. Nedugo potom, na grad pada nov talas bombi i Alisi se gubi svaki trag. Fermin očajnički pokušava da je nađe, ali njegovi napori ostaju uzaludni. Barselona 1959: Maurisio Valjs, ministar nacionalnog obrazovanja, na vrhuncu je moći. On je najistaknutija figura kulturne scene Španije, ideolog takozvanog intelektualnog preporoda zemlje i jedan od najcenjenijih književnih stvaralaca novog doba. Iza bleštave figure nacionalnog heroja, međutim, nalazi se čovek progonjen demonima prošlosti, zabrinut za sopstveni život. U misteriju ministrovog života upliće se i devojčica iz Ferminove prošlosti, koja je nestala u tragičnom događaju iz Građanskog rata – Alisa.

Η Αλίθια έβρεξε την πένα στο μελανοδοχείο και την άφησε να γλιστρήσει πάνω στο χαρτί, χαράζοντας μια γραμμή σε μπλε γυαλιστερό χρώμα. Έγραψε το όνομά της κι έμεινε να κοιτάζει το μελάνι που στέγνωνε σιγά σιγά. Η απόλαυση της λευκής σελίδας, που πάντα στην αρχή ανάδινε ένα άρωμα μυστηρίου γεμάτο υποσχέσεις, χάθηκε μεμιάς. Με το που άρχιζε κανείς να βάζει στο χαρτί τις πρώτες λέξεις, ανακάλυπτε ότι στη γραφή, όπως και στη ζωή, η απόσταση μεταξύ προθέσεων και αποτελεσμάτων πήγαινε χέρι χέρι με την αθωότητα με την οποία εκφράζονταν οι μεν και γίνονταν αποδεκτά τα δε. Βάλθηκε να γράψει μια φράση που θυμόταν από ένα απ’ τα αγαπημένα της βιβλία, όταν στάθηκε κι έστρεψε το βλέμμα προς την πόρτα. Άφησε την πένα πάνω στο χαρτί κι έμεινε να κοιτάζει σιωπηλή.

Tetralogía que incluye: La Sombra del Viento, El Juego del Ángel y El Prisionero del Cielo. yLa Sombra del Viento: «Todavía recuerdo aquel amanecer en que mi padre me llevó por primera vez a visitar el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados.» Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí, Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambia el rumbo de su vida y le arrastra a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. La Sombra del Viento es un misterio literario ambientado en la Barcelona de la primera mitad del siglo xx, desde los últimos esplendores del Modernismo hasta las tinieblas de la posguerra. Aunando las técnicas del relato de intriga y suspense, la novela histórica y la comedia de costumbres, La Sombra del Viento es sobre todo una trágica historia de amor cuyo eco se proyecta a través del tiempo. Con gran fuerza narrativa, el autor entrelaza tramas y enigmas a modo de muñecas rusas en un inolvidable relato sobre los secretos del corazón y el embrujo de los libros cuya intriga se mantiene hasta la última página. El Juego del Ángel: En la turbulenta Barcelona de los años 20 un joven escritor obsesionado con un amor imposible recibe la oferta de un misterioso editor para escribir un libro como no ha existido nunca, a cambio de una fortuna y, tal vez, mucho más. Con estilo deslumbrante e impecable precisión narrativa, el autor de La Sombra del Viento nos transporta de nuevo a la Barcelona del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados para ofrecernos una gran aventura de intriga, romance y tragedia, a través de un laberinto de secretos donde el embrujo de los libros, la pasión y la amistad se conjugan en un relato magistral. El Prisionero del Cielo: Barcelona, 1957. Daniel Sempere y su amigo Fermín, los héroes de La Sombra del Viento, regresan de nuevo a la aventura para afrontar el mayor desafío de sus vidas. Justo cuando todo empezaba a sonreírles, un inquietante personaje visita la librería de Sempere y amenaza con desvelar un terrible secreto que lleva enterrado dos décadas en la oscura memoria de la ciudad. Al conocer la verdad, Daniel comprenderá que su destino le arrastra inexorablemente a enfrentarse con la mayor de las sombras: la que está creciendo en su interior. Rebosante de intriga y emoción, El Prisionero del Cielo es una novela magistral donde los hilos de La Sombra del Viento y El Juego del Ángel convergen a través del embrujo de la literatura y nos conduce hacia el enigma que se oculta en el corazón del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. El Laberinto de los Espíritus: En la Barcelona de finales de los años 50, Daniel Sempere ya no es aquel niño que descubrió un libro que habría de cambiarle la vida entre los pasadiz