The Prisoner of Heaven

Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón

ISBN: 9781780222851

Subjects: Antiques & Collectibles, Books, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Historical, Literary, Mystery & Detective, Thrillers, Suspense, Coming of Age, Cultural Heritage, Hispanic & Latino, Magical Realism,

Published year: 2013

Binding: Paperback

Description: <p><b>'This is is explicitly, and joyously, a book about books, about what can be learned from them and what is lost when they are lost' <i>GUARDIAN</i><br> <br> <i>'</i>Full of stylish writing, Gothic atmosphere and love letters to 19th-century novels' <i>WASHINGTON POST</i></b><br> <br> Barcelona, 1957. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife, Bea, have much to celebrate. They have a beautiful new baby son, and their close friend Fermín Romero de Torres is about to be wed. But their joy is eclipsed when a a mysterious figure with a porcelain hand enters the Sempere bookshop, threatening to divulge a terrible secret that has been buried for two decades.<br> <br> His appearance plunges Fermín and Daniel into a dangerous adventure that will take them back to the 1940s - the early days of Franco's dictatorship and the very heart of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books.<br> <br> <i>The Prisoner of Heaven</i> is a rich, labyrinthine tale of love, literature, passion, and revenge set in a dark, gothic Barcelona, in which the heroes of <i>The Shadow of the Wind</i> and <i>The Angel's Game</i> must contend with a nemesis that threatens to destroy them.</p>

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