The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten

Books, #2) by Carlos Ruiz Zafn

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Original Title: The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2)
ISBN: 0753826496
ISBN13: 9780753826492
Autor: Carlos Ruiz Zafn
Rating: 4.1 of 5 stars (4851) counts
Original Format: Paperback, 522 pages
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Published: 2009 / by Phoenix / (first published 2008)
Language: English
Genre(s):
Fiction- 1,255 users
Mystery- 716 users
Historical Fiction- 671 users
Fantasy- 330 users
Cultural >Spain- 217 users
Writing >Books About Books- 216 users

Description:

In an old mansion in the heart of Barcelona, a young man, David Martin, an aspiring writer,
receives a mysterious letter from a French editor, promising literary stardom if he will fulfil just one
task. But the character is not all that he seems, and soon David has entered into a pact that will
lead him to question everything he values.

About Author:

Carlos Ruiz Zafn is a Spanish novelist. Born in Barcelona in 1964, he has lived in Los ngeles,
United States, since 1994, and works as a scriptwriter aside from writing novels.
His first novel, El prncipe de la niebla (The Prince of Mist, 1993), earned the Edeb literary prize
for young adult fiction. He is also the author of three more young-adult novels, El palacio de la
medianoche (1994), Las luces de septiembre (1995) and Marina (1999).
In 2001 he published the novel La sombra del viento ("The Shadow of the Wind"), his first "adult"
novel, which has sold millions of copies worldwide. Since its publication, La sombra del viento has
garnered critical acclaim around the world and has won numerous international awards. Ruiz
Zafn's works have been published in more than 40 countries and have been translated into more
than 30 languages.

Other Editions:
- The Angel\'s Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2)

- El juego del ngel (El cementerio de los libros olvidados, #2)

- The Angel\'s Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2)

- Il gioco dell\'angelo (Hardcover)

- The Angel\'s Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2)

Books By Author:

- The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)

 - The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)

- Marina

- The Prince of Mist (Niebla, #1)

- The Midnight Palace (Niebla, #2)

Books In The Series:

 - The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)

- The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)

- El laberinto de los espritus (El cementerio de los libros olvidados, #4)

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Rewiews:

Mar 07, 2010

JG (The Introverted Reader)
Rated it: liked it
Shelves: fiction, historical_fiction, thriller, translations, reviewed, paranormal, 3_stars, gave_away,
z_setting_spain, z_read_in_2010, z_author_spanish
David Martn is a writer of penny dreadfuls who is offered a huge sum of money to write a book for
a French publisher. He can't find any evidence that the publisher actually exists though, and
violent things start happening to David's friends and colleagues.
I was rocking through the first half of the book, loving Ruiz Zafn's writing, and then I just stopped
caring a little over halfway through. I'm not entirely sure what happened. I think I got sick of having
absolutely no freaking idea what wa
David Martn is a writer of penny dreadfuls who is offered a huge sum of money to write a book for
a French publisher. He can't find any evidence that the publisher actually exists though, and
violent things start happening to David's friends and colleagues.
I was rocking through the first half of the book, loving Ruiz Zafn's writing, and then I just stopped
caring a little over halfway through. I'm not entirely sure what happened. I think I got sick of having
absolutely no freaking idea what was going on. Yeah, I knew who the publisher was, but I didn't
know how that was going to tie into everything else. I read this using this really cool post-it-
bookmark my husband gave me, because I knew that I would probably have tons of quotes I loved
in here. The last one is at page 324 out of 531 pages. There's no big event that I can find there, I
think that's just where I ran out of patience.
I loved Ruiz Zafn's previous book,
The Shadow of the Wind
, and I have a feeling that a re-read would bump that one up to five stars. I missed having a
Fermn. There wasn't really anyone to give any lightness or grace to the story. It was all darkness
and despair. The relationship between David and Isabella gave a few lighter moments, but he
ended up hurting her feelings more often than not, so those were pretty limited. This is sort of a
companion to Shadow, and I had a hard time figuring out how and when they fit together. I was
confused about how this Sempere was consistently described as being shy and sort of boring,
when that wasn't the guy I knew from Shadow. This young Sempere is the father in Shadow.
I have to say, my hat is off to the translator, Lucia Graves. She did one heckuva job translating
this. The story might have lost me a little, but the writing is still lyrical, and that has to be as much
to her credit as to the author's.
Maybe I should have put this aside and tried it again later when I realized that I had started to lose
interest. I don't think that would have made a difference though. It's still a dark, Gothic novel that
fans of that genre will still probably love. I just preferred The Shadow of the Wind much, much
more.
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33 comments

Michael Maurer
I felt the same way when I finished reading. Then I started reading The Prisoner of Heaven and
everything started coming together. I can't put it down
I felt the same way when I finished reading. Then I started reading The Prisoner of Heaven and
everything started coming together. I can't put it down.

Sep 17, 2016 02:07AM

Franoise
I can't understand how people confused the Semperes... it was pretty clear to me that the author
was talking about Daniel's grandfather and his father
I can't understand how people confused the Semperes... it was pretty clear to me that the author
was talking about Daniel's grandfather and his father in the 1930. Perhaps is the translation? I
read it in its original language. In addition, the novels are supposed to be in a way, separate
stories. So you don't need to read one before the other. However, what unites them is the fact that
it's around the cemetery of forgotten books. I read the book trying to detach myself for the first and
I found it great, although I do prefer TSOW. So if you're going to read this book, clear it with a
clear mind I would say.

Jan 17, 2017 06:33PM