Description
Carlos Ruiz Zaf n's haunting gothic mystery, which has long been a cult classic in Spain and is now an international bestseller.
"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 he's 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 ten o'clock 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.
Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 07/22/2014
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9780316044714
ISBN10: 0316044717
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure | General
- Young Adult Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Young Adult Fiction | Horror
About the Author
Carlos Ruiz Zafón is the author of seven novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Prince of Mist and the international phenomena The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game. His work has been published in more than fifty countries and honored with numerous awards. He divides his time between Barcelona, and Los Angeles.