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Carlos Ruiz Zafons haunting gothic mystery, which has long been a cult classic in Spain and is now an international best seller."We all have a secret buried under lock and key in the attic of our soul. This is mine."Fifteen-year-old Oscar Drai meets the strange Marina while hes exploring an old quarter of Barcelona. She leads Oscar to a cemetery, where they watch a macabre ritual that occurs on the last Sunday of each month. At exactly 10 oclock in the morning, a woman shrouded in a black velvet cloak descends from her carriage to place a single rose on an unmarked grave.When Oscar and Marina decide to follow her, they begin a journey that transports them to a forgotten postwar Barcelona - a world of aristocrats and actresses, inventors and tycoons - and reveals a dark secret that lies waiting in the mysterious labyrinth beneath the city streets.
About the Author
Carlos Ruiz Zafón is the author of six novels, including the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game, the first two books in a series of novels set in literary universe of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books. His work has been published in more than forty different languages, and honored with numerous international awards. He divides his time between Barcelona, Spain, and Los Angeles, California.
