Marina (Nomadas) (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 238 pages
• Publisher: EDBE; 10th edition (October 2005)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 8423648990
• ISBN-13: 978-8423648993
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,610,391 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Carlos Ruiz Zafón is the author of six novels, including the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind. His work has been published in more than forty different languages, and honored with numerous international awards, including the Edebé Award, Spain's most prestigious prize for young adult fiction. He divides his time between Barcelona, Spain, and Los Angeles, California.

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sci-Fi Novel, March 20, 2008

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Kelly McGilliis "Intuitive reader" (Florida) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Marina (Nomadas) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

I have read other books by Carlos Ruiz-Zafon in English and in Spanish and I love his writing style. Marina is fantastic and the writing so descriptive one is magically transported to Barcelona.
However, this is a novel for those who appreciate good science fiction. If you enjoyed "Frankenstein, "Jane Eyre," and the works of Jules Verne, this book is for you.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book is a wonderful read and I think it is almost as good as Zafón's masterpiece: The Shadow of the wind., February 24, 2009

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Carlos T. Mock "carloschicago" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marina (Nomadas) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

Marina is Carlos Ruiz Zafón (The Shadow of the Wind/La Sombra del Viento)'s first novel. He considers it a children book, but I think children would get nightmares from this book.

The first line of the book is "Marina told me that we only remember what never happened". The story occurs in the Barcelona of the Seventies.

Thus the strange and fantastic relationship starts between Oscar Drai, a student interned in a prep school, who does not get along with his real father, and thus befriends Marina Blau, and her father Germán at the Sarriá castle. Mr. Blau was an incredible paintor, married to an amazing opera singer who died of a congenital disease. He had Marina as a few years before his wife's death. He stopped painting after that, and in their home you can see multiple paintings of a woman--Diana, Marina's mother.

When Oscar takes Marina and her father to the train station to Madrid, Oscar receives a card from a strange lady with the name: Miguel Kolvenik with an address.

Curiosity takes the best of young Oscar and he goes to the address. There he meets Benjamin Santis, who was Kolvenik's business partner who informs him that Kolvenik died in 1948. Santis tells the strange story of this man, and the Velo-Granell factory that they owned together and how Kolvenik was an inventor of prosthesis that worked better than anything else in the market.

Thus they gets rich and things go well until Kolvenik falls in love with a famous opera singer, Eva Irinova. She was "owned" by a Russian couple who had "adopted" her and Kolvenik buys them out through money and threats.

On their wedding day, the Russians spay acid on Irina's face and she is never seen again. meanwhile, Kolvenik dissapears, and their home burns inexplicably and two bodies are found inside embracing each other.

Mr. Santis dies under suspicious circumstances and Oscar finds out that a detective had been trying to prove monstrosities were occurring at the Velo-Granell factory. Oscar goes to the old factory and they discover cadavers that are "alive" and very dangerous.

Thus an amazing adventure begins, filled with monsters, murders, and the many fabulous love stories.

The book is a wonderful read and I think it is almost as good as Zafón's masterpiece: The Shadow of the wind.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente trabajo !!, December 12, 2008

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Sergio Lira (Mexico City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marina (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

Como antecesor a la obra la Sombra del Viento, me parece una obra excelente, narrativa extraordinaria y los personajes justos y bien llevados hasta el final donde adquiere un tono romántico esta gran novela. A mi gusto es más ligera que la Sombra del Viento ya que es más corta pero con el mismo ritmo y estilo de este gran escritor que apasiona a cualquiera. Acaban de editar la última edición en español. No se la pierdan. Muy recomendable !!!