Las luces de septiembre (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2008

Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Barcelona, 1964) obtiene en 1993 el Premio Edebe con su primera novela, El principe de la medianoche, las luces de septiembre y Marina. Sus obras han sido editadas en seis idiomas y, hasta la fecha, se han vendido mas de 250.000 ejemplares. La Sombra del Viento, finalista del Premio de Novela Fernando Lara 2000, lo ha convertido en una de las revelaciones de la novela espanola contemporanea. Actualmente reside en Los angeles, donde esta preparando varios guiones cinematograficos y una nueva novela.

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About the Author

Carlos Ruiz Zafon es uno de los novelistas europeos de mayor proyecciÓn en todo el mundo. Su carrera literaria debutÓ en 1993 con El PrÍncipe de la Niebla y posteriormente publicÓ otras tres novelas para el pÚblico juvenil: El Palacio de la Medianoche, Las Luces de Septiembre y Marina. En el aÑo 2001 dio el salto a la narrativa para adultos con la publicaciÓn de La Sombra del Viento, que se ha convertido en un bestseller a nivel internacional. Sus obras han sido traducidas a mÁs de cuarenta idiomas y publicadas en mÁs de cincuenta paÍses, obteniendo numerosos premios y conquistando a millones de lectores de todas las edades.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 317 pages
• Publisher: Booket (January 1, 2008)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 8408080792
• ISBN-13: 978-8408080794
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,906,641 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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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vale la pena!, December 24, 2006

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D. Goodpasture (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Las Luces de Septiembre (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

I found this novel enthralling enough to struggle with the Spanish. The author is a prize winning 42 year-old from Barcelona. The story opens in Paris in the 1930s. M. Sauvelle suddenly dies leaving his wife Mme Sauvelle and their two children Irene, a young teen, and Dorian, a pre-teen, with a mountain of debt. A mysterious stranger, Lazarus Jann becomes their salvation when he offers Mme Sauvelle a job running his estate on the southern coast of England. Jann is allegedly a widowed toy manufacturer. His "toys" are frightening mechanical contraptions that seem to take on a life of their own and his mansion is rife with intrigue. Irene falls in love with Ismael an orphaned teenage fisherman who lives with his relatives who also work for Jann.

Ruiz has spun his plot borrowing some elements from Carl Gustave Jung's shadow, which I'm pretty sure Jung borrowed from the Kabbalah, and the yetzer hara (the evil inclination), as well as Faust. This novel is geared towards a teenage audience. The illustrations are great.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If looking for La sombra del viento 2, look elsewhere, June 10, 2009

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Eduardo Mustelier (Miami, South Florida. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Las Luces de Septiembre: Novela (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

I bought this one along with the first 2 published novels. As he states, these are novels intended for a teenager public and as such are not as deep nor as complex as La sombra del viento. Character descriptions are not so developed and the book feels rushed into the closing chapters, but it's understandable because again, were written for teenagers. But yes, you can feel Zafón here from the first lines and for those who enjoy his writing skills as I do that's quite enough. By the way, for those of you who felt a little lost with El juego del Angel, reading his first novels will clarify some questions, as thematic resources used a lot on these works are the answer to the seemingly lost ends in that later book. All in all, very good works from the author considering the public they are intended to reach.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Las luces de septiembre, May 9, 2008

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John W. Griggs "Retired Phoenix PhD" (Glendale, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Las Luces de Septiembre: Novela (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

Although this novel by Carlos Ruiz Zafon was intended for a younger audience, the simple intrigue and characters can also interest older readers. The language is vivid and, although there is not much actual character development, the "personajes" are clear and fitting for the plot.