World Book Club | Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Based on Shadow of the Wind  by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Part stunning literary thriller, part gothic novel, the book The Shadow of the Wind is a page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can lead. It is a potent mix of a coming-of-age novel and a tragic love story set in Barcelona's post-war years. Harriet Gilbert puts questions from the audience to the author Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

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  • Type: Analysis
  • Channel: BBC World Service
  • Duration: 52'52''
  • Broadcast date: 2010
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Shadow of the Wind  | BBC Radio Scotland | 2010

The Book Cafe | 07/06/2010

Eighteen years ago The Shadow of the Wind author Carlos Ruiz Zafon was known only in Spain for writing novels for young adults. Now those books are about to be published in the UK for the first time. He'll be telling us why he feels that the seeds of the international best-sellers he's written since were there right from the beginning, with The Prince of Mist.
Shadow of the Wind  | BBC Radio 4 | 2009

Front Row | 03/06/2009

Including an interview with the Barcelona-born writer Carlos Ruiz Zafon, who won international fame with his novel The Shadow of the Wind.