So one day in the summer of 2013 I came across a book that talked about books and although it was long since I had read novels decided to make an exception. At that time I was deepening my knowledge of the Spanish language for which I bought the original language version of the book and I plunged into reading by putting aside scruples for the time dedicated to a pastime such as "reading a novel".
The story set at the beginning of the 1900 begins in the drafting of an obscure Barcelona magazine. To a young journalist, David Martìn, who works for "La voz de la industria", thanks to the rich friend Pedro Vidal, is offered the opportunity to write something that will change his life. Hours of time to write the story that would have marked the beginning of a new course ... The story pleased the audience and the first will follow others, on a weekly basis. The series of "Mysteries of Barcelona" takes shape, a series of successes, but success also begins with envy and jealousy ... Time passes and one day Martin receives an offer he can not refuse: writing a book for a publisher Frenchman, Andreas Corelli who had noticed his previous work and was interested in him for his skills. A book that he still did not know would have affected his life.
Friendship, love, hate, fear, madness, all moods that endlessly intertwine in the nearly five hundred pages in which the reader can not but be dragged. A cursed house, a passionate bookseller, a cemetery of secret books, dead and disappearances, are just some of the most intriguing aspects of this wonderful book that leads up to ... I must admit that I rarely read such compelling novels.
I must add, to be honest, that from that day in the summer I started reading novels and as long as there are writers like Zafón, I really believe that I will not be able to stop!
Alessandro Rugolo
