Someone from Barcelona recommended a fairly new book and I've forgooten the complete title. The word WIND was in the title and the author is Ruiz Safat _I don't think that last name is correct. If anyone can help, thank you !!!!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...ce&s=books

The shadow of the wind. Its been on my "read" liest for a while. It was reviewed by someone here some time ago.

regards Ger

Do get your hands on this book. It a fantastic read.

Thanks for the tip, I checked amazon for this book and the plot seems so interesting that I placed an order.

Thank you, O'Reilly! I KNEW IT YESTERDAY AND FORGOT IT TODAY !!!!
Thanks for helping out this senior".

It's a great book! I read it this past summer on our way to Portugal.

You are welcome Chestnut.

If you like this kind of novel, you may also enjoy the following:

The Historian - Kostova
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...8&v=glance

Club Dumas, Flander’s Panel, Perez-Reverte
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...ce&s=books
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...ce&s=books

Fouclout’s Pendulum – Umberto Eco
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...ce&s=books

Regards Ger

Maybe Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "100 years of solistude," may fit in on that list.

www.buy.com and www.overstock.com typically are 10% less than Amazon.
I have used buy.com for years without any problem.
M

Mimi, that was another great book I enjoyed reading! My son always gives me books as gifts and that was one of them.

This was my favorite book of the year! I loved it so much, I'm going to read it again soon. I can see where people compare it to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, but not 100 Years of Solitude--more like Love in the Time of Cholera. IMO it's a much easier read than Foucault's Pendulum--faster and more plot driven.

Oh, do I love this book!

i think "Shadow of the Wind" is actually an old book but recently reissued or maybe newly translated. i saw about a thousand copies of it on display at barnes & noble today.

According to my copy it was originally published in Spanish as La Sombra del Viento by Editorial Planeta, S.A., but it doesn't say what year though the original copywrite by Carlos Ruiz Zafron was 2001, so I assume that's when it was first published in Spain. First U.S. publishing was 2004.

Shadow of the Wind is my favorite book this year. Beautiful images, mystery and a bit of the supernatural, and a reverence for books and literature. Hope others will take a look.

SusanEva