"The Shadow of the Wind" had me so happy that I bought this book without hesitation. I confess to being a little disappointed, but this is often not the case when it is discovered the second work of an author because you may be too awaits him. This book is a fantastic tale a little confused. I expected an end a little more realistic or would discover that history happened in the imagination of the narrator. The evocation of Barcelona and the Spanish life before the Civil War is a pure delight.