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UPC:720238101309
Condition:Used
Genre:Action & Adventure
Platform:Sega Genesis
Region:NTSC (N. America)
SKU:GEN_EL_VIENTO
———This game is fully cleaned, tested & working. Includes the Disc/Cartridge Only. May have some minor scratches/scuffs.This description was last updated on October 28th, 2020.
| Weight | 8 lbs |
|---|---|
| Condition | Used |
| Product Type | |
| Platform | Sega Genesis |
| ESRB Rating | Not Rated |
| Players | 1 |
| Genre | Action & Adventure |
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It’s difficult to categorize this novel; is it a ghost story, a mystery, a love story, an historical novel, fantasy, or a riveting combination of all? Undoubtedly it is beautifully written and captures some of the flavor of Barcelona in the 1950’s. I found myself rereading certain passages and jotting down quotes because of their sheer beauty or appropriateness. It is definitely not a quick read but a novel to savor. The characters are fascinating, from the young Daniel and his loving and patient father, the irrepressible Fermin, the malevolent inspector, the mysterious Carax. It is novel about the ultimate power of books and of reading. Some comments criticize the use of a letter as part of the solution to the mystery but I think that adds to the impact. There are also negative comments about the treatment of women but this is set in Fascist and Catholic Spain during the first half of the 1900’s. Frankly I found this novel as moving and involving as the great novels of the 19th century and cannot wait to read the other three in the set. I only wish there really did exist such a library of forgotten boks.
A very interesting plot with lots of twists and turns. Half way through the book now and I find myself making all sorts of possibilities for it to end. Lots of new vocabulary for me to look up.
The Shadow of the Wind’s plot revolves around the mystery of an obscure writer named Julian Carax. His novels are the obsession of a horribly disfigured madman, named after a character from Carax’s books. This man who calls himself, Lain Coubert, the name of the devil in one of Carax’s novels, has made it his mission to find and burn each and every book written by the mysterious writer.Daniel Sempere, a boy who develops a fascination for the author after reading one of his novels, starts digging into Carax’s past.. Daniel is determined to uncover each and every secret. Why is someone bent on destroying the work of an author found murdered in an alley? Each and every answer to his questions simply lead to more questions and answers that lead to nowhere. Daniel’s curiousity turns the hunter into the hunted.Zafon’s novel is about obsessions that torture and haunt various people. Some may even describe the novel as macabre, but it also about an intense and desperate love that somehow created a hatred so deep, it surpasses time and even death itself. My best advise is to pay close attention, even to the smallest of details throughout the book. Each and every character plays a pivotal role in the mystery of the infamous novelist, Julian Carax, and the reason why someone would want to rid the world of every novel written by this man.This is a book I have every intention of re-reading. It has all the right ingredients that I look for in a book. The Shadow of the Wind is a compelling.
Daniel found a book that became his life quest. Why did someone burn all of the books and copies that this author had written? Why did every book dealer want to buy Daniel’s book? This story has so many twists and turns with an evil policeman trying to find this author and kill him. Why? Once started this story builds to a crescendo that will surprise the reader! Highly recommend!
This was my second reading of The Shadow of the Wind. I’ve long considered it one of my favorite books. I don’t often re-read a novel, but this one was worth it. My second time around, I saw a whole new depth in the characters. The humor and the love with which this book is written will stay with me for a long time. I’m soon taking a trip to Barcelona, so this set the mood for seeing that beautiful city through the eyes of the colorful characters in this book.
This novel is one of those queer modern European gothics where the supernatural is explained away at the denouement, but never quite to the reader’s satisfaction. Meanwhile through the bulk of the novel, supernatural devices are applied with a lavish hand: a haunted house; a man with no face; a cemetery of forgotten books; and characters who might or might not be dead.If you like novels that explore horror without giving themselves completely up to ghosts, vampires, and werewolves, “The Shadow of the Wind” is a walloping good read. It is of the same old-fashioned genre as Ann Radcliffe’s “The Mysteries of Udolpho,” a type of novel that I thought had been parodied out of existence by Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey.” However, with “The Shadow of the Wind,” Carlos Ruiz Zafón has succeeded in bringing the gothic back to life in the twenty-first century. It creaks ominously along, subplots resurrecting within plots like the multiplying corpses in “Night of the Living Dead.”The first-person narrator is a ten-year-old boy whose father changes his life by taking him to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. The boy, Daniel has already had a difficult life, as his mother died of cholera during the Spanish Civil War, and his home town of Barcelona has still not healed from that bloody conflict when this book begins in the summer of 1945.Along with the usual problems puberty brings, Daniel’s choice of book from the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, titled “The Shadow of the Wind” brings him unwel.
This book had everything. Love interests, murder, history, war, intrigue and well written. It wasn’t a book that kept me on the edge of my seat but it did have a unique outcome. I thought I had it all figured out and was getting disappointed. I was happy to be wrong. The descriptions were so good you felt like not only were you there but you also experienced their emotions as well. You can’t speed through this one, you have to take your time and savor the words.
This book is well written keeping the writer in a state of constant curiosity and waiting for what is to come! Mysteriously beautiful!! I recommend it to everyone who enjoys reading about human emotions – pain, terror, fear, self-discovery, hope, love, and happiness.
I loved this book. I was drawn into the story by the very first paragraph, and remained absorbed in it through the last sentence. I am disregarding some newspaper critics’ disparaging comparisons of Zafón to more "literary" authors such as Márquez, Eco and Borges. The Shadow of the Wind is great storytelling, and that’s what matters.The story is vivid. The sense of place is powerful. I was transported, and felt that I was in old Barcelona. The characters are fully drawn, even if a couple of them are romantic stereotypes, such as the blind girl Clara Barceló, who just happened to be a great beauty. I laughed along with Daniel’s cunning friend FermÃÂn Romero de Torres as he created outlandish but workable plans for solving the mystery of Julián Carax. (Fermin reminded me of the colorful, profane and crafty character Gus McCrae in Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove; Fermin was the best character in the story.) I sorrowed with the elderly governess Jacinta, as she recalled being torn away from the only person she cared about, young Penélope Aldaya. I felt Daniel Sempere’s terror of the sadistic police officer Franscisco Javier Fumero. I read the book over a period of several days, and during that time I had strange dreams every night. This is how much the story affected me.Of course no story is perfect. About two thirds through the book, the plot became a bit weak and predictable. I was able to figure out who the mysterious, sinister LaÃÂn Coubert was long before his true ident.
What is truly wonderful about this book, is that you don’t really need to settle into it. Its interesting right away. You immediately love the characters and get hooked on the mystery. I found myself staying up far too late into the night saying, “Okay, I’ll just read until I know what happens to him” or “Well, I can’t just leave it THERE for the night!”This book is remarkable. The characters are so wonderfully human and flawed that you find yourself relating to so many of them. I felt while reading this book that the story was so important. I wish it was on the syllabus for high school literature classes because you learn about the human experience in a time of war, but also the importance of acceptance and finding kindness in human nature while being genuinely excited to see where the story leads.
Anne C. –
That was incredible. I’m not sure what genre this even is, but I could barely stand to put this book down.Am I the only one who really, REALLY wishes they could read Julian Carax’s books?5 stars. And there are sequels!!
Charlie –
I bought this book because I was going on a trip to Barcelona and I like reading books that take place in cities where I travel. I ended up not reading it until now, a year later. I thought it was a magical place them and this book has brought a new dimension to my memories there. I started reading reviews after finishing, but stopped because I got frustrated. Although some others obviously disagree, I did not find this book tedious, overly long, or difficult to read. I think we just don’t often bother to read things that challenge us much anymore. (I realize this makes me sound a bit condescending, but I can’t figure out any other way to phrase it, so maybe I am.)The book IS challenging, in ways. It’s dark, intentionally confusing, and has many threads. It is also stunningly written, and like all great books, made me think about my own life and memories and regrets and dreams. I laughed out loud several times. I cried openly on a train in the middle of the day. I closed the book several times just to think and absorb for a few moments before resuming. It is exciting, suspenseful, funny, romantic, sexy, dark, mysterious…all the things that keep me drawn to books to the last page wrapped up in one. I feel as though I know each character intimately. Cannot recommend this one more.
Chris Hansen –
Tied together by a young man’s interest in the author of an under appreciated novel this is a story of two loves separated in time by the Spanish Civil war. Love between commoners and the Spanish upper class sets up the conflict and the humor. While there is one central character, the story is told by several voices through recollection and lost letters. The story and character development are masterfully done. (I listened to the Audible narration for about an hour over two evenings, then switched to reading – and didn’t put the Kindle down until the story was done.).
Suzie Q –
Not what I was expecting, but nice in a scary way. The authors rich vibrant use of the English language was fascinating, rewarding and opened a window into Barcelona from a working class point of view in the early 1950’s. You could hear the footsteps on the cobbled paved roads, and smell the Spanish cooking drifting on the sultry night air, all intertwined with ones irritation at corruption, deception and ultimate betrayal. The love plots rips your perception apart of what you felt it should be during that time, to the violent sultry love making unfolded in this spicy sad story. The introduction of the mysterious lost book library, made one yearn for one in our own city.
Montcler –
This may be a little long and would have benefited from a more active editor but it remain an extraordinary novel, built from the base up somewhat like Proust. The characters are solid and unforgettable: the reader must keep in mind that Daniel and Julian are teenagers for the better part of the narrative but live in different times and different circumstances. Firmen is loveable but remains a mystery as we’re never sure of his real identity or background. It would be too long to comment on all characters but most of them are worth a study.
MG –
Thankfully a friend recommended me The Shadow of the Wind, as it is part of his favorite book series. I can now say that the Cemetery of Forgotten books series is my new favorite as well. A captivating story that will break your heart and attempt to pick up the pieces repeatedly. You won’t regret reading Zafon’s masterpiece.
Laura –
This book is phenomenal. It has been so long since I picked up a book and just read through the night. I used to read voraciously, but dropped it somehow along the way. This book revitalized my passion for reading… you know the kind where you get so engrossed in a book that you forget reality exists, and it takes someone two or three tries to get your attention. I finished it way too quickly, and immediately gave it to my best friend to read. The next day, I had borrower’s remorse – I wanted to read it again already but she had already started it. So, I did what any obsessed reader would do, and I bought it again. I told my friend to keep her copy, and read the following book in the series while I waited for this one to be delivered. I cannot recommend this book – and this author – enough. Instant favorite.
Breezy –
I have read this book twice now and it still fills my heart with so many emotions. This book of loneliness and desire is hard to decried. You go there, to Barcelona, your with Daniel the whole time. You share his life, the lives of all the people surrounding him. My favorite part is reading the letter from Mrs. Montfort with Daniel. All the things we were searching for and things we were terrified to learn came out. It was all clear. Fermin is my favorite, the author really gets his linguistics going with this man. You won’t be bored. This book has everything you need to live a completely different life. Thank you for this masterpiece, Carax couldn’t have done better himself.
Lare Dean –
I am envious of the people who read this series who can call Barcelona a home. I draw the parallel with Raymond Chandler for when i read his works i can see the same towns, streets, homes and businesses of my youth, even if he has disguised them slightly. Philip Marlowe is not a real detective, and his accounts are not true crimes, but yet with a light dusting reveal underneath the facts of history that were faced by innocent people with different names. So is this story of Barcelona, as real as history yet pure fiction. The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is as fake as Philip Marlowe’s Detective office, but there are streets, homes, businesses that are clearly recognizable, you can literally take a walking tour of the locations. While written for the benefit of his Spanish readers, the translation to American English holds up well possibly because the writer does spend time in America and has an inkling of our idiom. All of the series revolves around books and their authors, and includes reference, subtle or overt, to actual works as well. If you dig Les Miserables then you will find yourself immersed in that genre again. Shadow of the Wind is a story of the mystery of Carax, an author of forgotten books.
Kindle Customer –
Not my usual genre, but a friend recommended this book to me and I’m really glad she did.My favorite quote: “Bea says that the art of reading is slowly dying, that it’s an intimate ritual, that a book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us, that when we read, we do it with all our heart and mind, and great readers are becoming more scarce by the day.”