The Shadow of the Wind Themes

The Shadow of the Wind Themes

The World of Books

Carlos Ruiz Zafon manages in this novel to bring books to life by explaining their souls. The importance of a book to its author and the affect it has on its readers is very well portrayed. Whether or not the book is a best seller , it still carries the soul of its author and of each of its readers.

This is the story of a book. The book in the story carries the same name as the novel itself. This book takes on a certain character and is an important protagonist of Zafón's novel.

Books, in general, play a very essential part in the lives of this novel's main characters. Zafón shows how the love of books and literature can connect people. All who read a book are somehow connected to its magic and automatically are connected to its author.

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