Days of Ashes 1945 -1949: Chapters 4 - 6 Summary

Clara continues to tell the story of Julian Carax's books. Apparently there was a rumor out that someone was trying to get his hands on all Carax's books to burn them. Clara also told Daniel a bit more about her own story and how a man called Javier Fumero had tortured and killed her father in a political prison, Montjuic Castle. Fumero was a hired gunman and had worked for the anarchists, communists, and fascists. He had no ideals and played up to the winning side. Clara's mother died of heartache after hearing of her husband's fate, and Clara went to live with her Uncle Barceló, who always treated her well and read to her. Daniel offers to read the book he had found, The Shadow of the Wind, to Clara. Proposition which...