The Labyrinth of the Spirits: From the bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind

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La nueva novela de Ruiz Zafón, 'El laberinto de los espíritus', verá la luz el 17 de noviembre" (in Spanish). 20minutos.es. 29 August 2016 . Retrieved 26 September 2016. Perhaps he never suspected as much when he began his endeavour, but Carlos Ruiz Zafon truly created something ravishing and magnificent with his series called The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, transporting the reader on unforgettable adventures through the heart of a Gothic Barcelona. With every book we peer deeper into the city, into all the horror and beauty it has to offer. But the novel remains a literal masterpiece, on the Spanish Civil War, repression, enforced disappearance, and imprisonment during Franco's era ... and it is a superb sequel to the prisoner of Heaven. Or read it as the end of the largest literary epic on literature and libraries ... And as we patiently search for geeks for a rare book, you will desperately search for the fate of the heroes I loved and an explanation of everything that has turned a blind eye in their Fate

Zafon is a master storyteller, combining the postmodern and the traditional in an enchanting hymn to literature... Magnificent: a dizzying tale of drama, intrigue and passion' - The Mail on Sunday That’s how engrossed I was by the stories and characters that Zafón has crafted throughout this novel and quartet. These broken souls have gone through many gangrenes of hope, and I genuinely want them to find happiness. Whether they truly find happiness or not, you should read the series and find out for yourself. A colossal, genre-crossing achievement... it is to be hoped that Zafon's next books deal as seriously and enjoyable with the present and future of Barcelona.' - The Guardian No le he hecho ni le hare justicia a este libro ni a nada del autor jamás, pero en serio denle una oportunidad. No se arrepentirán. Lleno de frases inspiradoras, escenas que te harán llorar y personajes inolvidables, El Laberinto de los Espíritus es su propia historia y a la vez el final que esta saga merece. Heel–Face Turn: After learning that his wife was kidnapped from her family as a child and both of her parents were killed by the State so she could be sold to Franco supports, Sanchís pumps the breaks on his evil activities and dedicates all his time and money into helping her get justice.

The circle of labyrinth is closed.. and every writer leaves a part of his soul lost forever between his lines; destinies are intertwined and ends intertwine between vengeance and poetic justice؛ sacrifice and eternal friendships; The Labyrinth of the Spirits (original title: El laberinto de los espíritus) is a fiction novel by Spanish author Carlos Ruiz Zafón. This is the fourth and final book in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series. [1] [2] The novel was initially released on 17 November 2016 in Spain and Latin America by Planeta Group. HarperCollins published the English translation by Lucia Graves on September 18, 2018. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] The book was translated into more than 36 languages. [9] Plot [ edit ]

Víctor Mataix is said to have been among David Martín's closest friends (along with another character, Alfons Brósel, whom we never meet) and one of the other great niche writers of his time, and to have reunited with Martín in prison. Neither character appears or is even mentioned in either of the previous two books, both of which explore Martín's life in detail and one of which is an objective retelling of his prison time. A major focus of the scenes involving Valls, who's being slowly tortured to death for his role in mass-murdering families so their children could be "gifted" to high ranking politicians. His hand is pulverized and allowed to begin rotting before gangrene sets in, at which point his jailers finally "save" him by performing a gruesome amputation without anesthetic that concludes with them soaking the stump in hot tar. From there, Valls spends much of the book being made to wallow in his own filth while progressively starving to death as a result of the poor-quality food and rancid water he's being fed by his captors. By the end of the book, Valls' physical state has become so inhuman that he begins trying to negotiate his own execution.To those same people, if they managed their way through THE ANGEL’S GAME and THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN—both entertaining in their own right, but far less exemplary embodiments of story—I strongly urge you to envelope yourself in LABYRINTH and not only complete the journey, but revel in its intricately intertwined story threads, teased out by a master storyteller at the height of his powers. LABYRINTH is utterly immersive, and whether you love or hate the characters (and if you don’t love the irrepressible Fermin Romero de Torres, you are either 1) dead, in which case I applaud your ability to continue to read, and implore you to teach me your secret; or 2) someone on whose chair I’d very much like to plant a whoopee cushion), you’ll get lost in the twisting, mysterious streets of a Barcelona that simultaneously exists in the past and never existed. Nine-year-old Alicia lost her parents during the Spanish Civil War when the Nacionales (the fascists) savagely bombed Barcelona in 1938. Twenty years later, she still carries the emotional and physical scars of that violent and terrifying time. Weary of her work as an investigator for Spain's secret police in Madrid, a job she has held for more than a decade, the twenty-nine-year old plans to move on. At the insistence of her boss, Leandro Montalvo, she remains to solve one last case: the mysterious disappearance of Spain's Minister of Culture, Mauricio Valls. Fate Worse than Death: Valls considers his circumstances to be this. At two points he tries to convince people to kill him rather than free him. We go behind: Weiss, Spain's rascal Minister of Culture, to Barcelona to search for the author: David Martin, and the minister disappears without a trace;

Ripped from the Headlines: Valls' and Leandro's plot is based on the Niños Perdidos, children who were gifted or sold to high-ranking Franco officials in exchange for money or favors. Sobre el final pienso que Zafón no tuvo alternativa. Con otro final, de inmediato la pregunta sería ¿Quién es el protagonista de la tetralogía? Pero diciendo que Julián está contando la historia de su familia, convierte el final en un truco sacado de la manga para solucionar el problema que se le estaba viniendo de hacer cuatro historias paralelas con protagonistas distintos. ¿Me gustó? Más que gustarme me pareció correcto porque ser testigo del triste final de algunos personajes no me puede dejar contento. Debido a ese final fue que sentí tristeza por acabar esta tetralogía, más que todo por el final de Carax y por Juan Sempere con su vacío existencial que me parte el corazón. N Affably Evil: Leandro, a kindly, avuncular figure who treats his proteges as his children, and who in contrast to his more brutal colleagues performs his interrogations over tea in a luxury hotel (albeit with a low dose of heroin to loosen his subjects' lips). None of that prevents him from having had dozens of families murdered so their children could be sold to Franco sympathizers, or orchestrating a series of further murders to help cover up his past crimes. A story is an endless labyrinth of words, images, and spirits, conjured up to show us the invisible truth about ourselves. A story is, after all, a conversation between the narrator and the reader, and just as narrators can only relate as far as their ability will permit, so too readers can only read as far as what is already written in their souls. David Martin. Early on it's confirmed that he died at some point between The Angel's Game and this book, but his imprisonment and torture are one of several factors motivating the revenge plot against Valls.

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The Alcoholic: Since this is late-50s and early-60s Spain and massive alcohol consumption was just an accepted part of the culture, quite a few characters are functioning alcoholics. Vargas is mindful of his intake after killing his family in a drunk driving accident but still has brandy in his coffee, while Alicia readily admits that she self-medicates for both pain and PTSD with booze and is chugging white wine in virtually every scene she's in. Meanwhile, Fermin travels everywhere with a flask of what's essentially moonshine and drinks champagne for breakfast.

Unexplained Recovery: Near the end of the previous book, Daniel comments that his father is dying. At the start of this book he's perfectly fine and lives for several more years beyond the events of Prisoner of Heaven. El laberinto de los espíritus es un libro de altibajos. Por momentos se vuelve súper aburrido pero en otras partes se vuelve tan interesante que la curiosidad hace que leamos sin parar. El problema es que las partes aburridas son frecuentes y no son escenas de transición como normalmente ocurre, sino que son fragmentos que no son necesarios en lo absoluto. También hay otras escenas que sí son importantes pero tienen el defecto de ser interpretadas por personajes que nunca me importaron. Si ya llevaba más de 1500 páginas de amistad con unos personajes, ¿por qué tendría que interesarme el destino de seres presentados en 100 o 200 páginas? Obviamente no me iban a importar. Y sí, según Zafón son historias independientes y en cada una de ellas los protagonistas son distintos, pero en mi opinión es un error grave en este libro porque aquí, las historias de todos los protagonistas de los libros anteriores se juntan y como lectores es muy lógico que deseemos conocer la resolución del rompecabezas de estos personajes, no de otros. En este caso, cualquier mini historia de un personaje nuevo es innecesaria. Having said that, there are few fictional worlds as fascinating, as beautiful, as possessing as The Cemetery of Forgotten Books. In the end, they succeeded in creating a feeling that was original. But failed in providing that indispensable part of every story: Dies Wide Open: Valls, who perishes of malnutrition on public transportation hours after being freed. It provides convenient nourishment for a pair of crows who immediately set to work on his corpse after it's dumped in a mass grave. You’d be surprised at how often one looks in the present or in the future for answers that are always in the past.”

Hewitt, Sean (29 Sep 2018). "The Labyrinth of Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafón: a novel to lose oneself in". The Irish Times. Evil Versus Evil: Since several characters are either corrupt politicians or members of Franco's secret police, a few cases arise.