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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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6 June 2005 - 9:01 am
I was not immediately taken with The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and translated by Lucia Graves. In general, books about how great books are don't much appeal to me. It always feels a bit like the author is giving himself a pat on the back and telling himself how great he is. Initially, I was afraid that The Shadow of the Wind was one of those books, but I turned out to be very much mistaken. The story does revolve around a fictitious book -- also named "The Shadow of the Wind" -- but it focuses more on the author of that book, Julian Carax, and his strange life. Set in the middle part of the twentieth century with some flashbacks to earlier times, The Shadow of the Wind follows young Daniel Sempere as he discovers the books written by Julian Carax and tries to learn more about him and his books. There's plenty of action and romance in this book, and I highly recommend it.
Posted by on 6 June 2005 at 9:00 AM
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