Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Zafón, Carlos Ruiz |
| Publisher: | Vintage Espanol |
| Date: | 10/24/2017 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
El Laberinto de los Espíritus es un relato electrizante de pasiones, intrigas y aventuras. A través de sus páginas llegaremos al gran final de la saga iniciada con La Sombra del Viento, que alcanza aquí toda su intensidad y calado, a la vez que dibuja un gran homenaje al mundo de los libros, al arte de narrar historias y al vínculo mágico entre la literatura y la vida.
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 pasadizos del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. El misterio de la muerte de su madre Isabella ha abierto un abismo en su alma del que su esposa Bea y su fiel amigo Fermín intentan salvarle.
Justo cuando Daniel cree que está a un paso de resolver el enigma, una conjura mucho más profunda y oscura de lo que nunca podría haber imaginado despliega su red desde las entrañas del Régimen. Es entonces cuando aparece Alicia Gris, un alma nacida de las sombras de la guerra, para conducirlos al corazón de las tinieblas y desvelar la historia secreta de la familia… aunque a un terrible precio.
El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados
Este libro forma parte de un ciclo de novelas que se entrecruzan en el universo literario del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Las novelas que forman este ciclo están unidas entre sí a través de personajes e hilos argumentales que tienden puentes narrativos y temáticos, aunque cada una de ellas ofrece una historia cerrada, independiente y contenida en sí misma.
Las diversas entregas de la serie del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados pueden leerse en cualquier orden o por separado, permitiendo al lector explorar y acceder al laberinto de historias a través de diferentes puertas y caminos que, anudados, le conducirán al corazón de la narración.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Theinternationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author returns to the magnificent universe heconstructed in his bestselling novels The Shadowof the Wind, TheAngel’s Game, and The Prisoner of Heaven in thisriveting series finale–a heart-pounding thriller and nail-biting work ofsuspense which introduces a sexy, seductive new heroine whose investigationshines a light on the dark history of Franco’s Spain.
In this unforgettable final volume of Ruiz Zafón’s cycle of novels set inthe universe of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, beautiful and enigmaticAlicia Gris, with the help of the Sempere family, uncovers one of the mostshocking conspiracies in all Spanish history.
Nine-year-old Alicia lost her parents during the Spanish Civil War when theNacionales (the fascists) savagely bombed Barcelona in 1938. Twenty yearslater, she still carries the emotional and physical scars of that violent andterrifying time. Weary of her work as an investigator for Spain’s secretpolice in Madrid, a job she has held for more than a decade, thetwenty-nine-year old plans to move on. At the insistence of her boss, LeandroMontalvo, she remains to solve one last case: the mysterious disappearance ofSpain’s Minister of Culture, Mauricio Valls.
With her partner, the intimidating policeman Juan Manuel Vargas, Aliciadiscovers a possible clue–a rare book by the author Victor Mataix hidden inValls’ office in his Madrid mansion. Valls was the director of the notoriousMontjuic Prison in Barcelona during World War II where several writers wereimprisoned, including David Martín and Victor Mataix. Traveling to Barcelonaon the trail of these writers, Alicia and Vargas meet with severalbooksellers, including Juan Sempere, who knew her parents.
As Alicia and Vargas come closer to finding Valls, they uncover a tangledweb of kidnappings and murders tied to the Franco regime, whose corruption ismore widespread and horrifying than anyone imagined. Alicia’s courageous anduncompromising search for the truth puts her life in peril. Only with thehelp of a circle of devoted friends will she emerge from the dark labyrinthsof Barcelona and its history into the light of the future.
In this haunting new novel, Carlos Ruiz Zafón proves yet again that he is amasterful storyteller and pays homage to the world of books, to his ingeniouscreation of the Cemetery of Forgotten, and to that magical bridge betweenliterature and our lives.
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