Bhala ukubuyekeza incwadi kaCarlos Ruiz Zafon ethi The Shadow of the Wind
Yeka incwadi enhle; ingikhumbuza uMurakami - enomlingo kodwa nokho enesisekelo esiqinile. I-Shadow of the Wind inakho konke: iBarcelona eyimfihlakalo, izinhlamvu ezishukumisa inhliziyo, ulimi oluhlabayo, indaba ethakazelisayo.  Ulimi nesizinda sale ncwadi kwakumangalisa. UZafon unethalente elikhulu, amazwi akhe ahlakaniphe futhi anenkondlo, futhi uveza iBarcelona ngezindlela eziningi ezihlukahlukene: ebumnyameni nasebusuku, noma ngokuthokoza okujabulisayo, noma ngokukhungathekisa okudabukisayo, konke kuncike kubalingiswa.  Ngangibathanda abadlali be-Shadow of the Wind. Umlingiswa ngamunye wayethuthukiswe kahle futhi wanikezwa indaba efanele. Babethana ngezindlela ezingaqondakali, futhi ukuxhumana kwabo, njengoDaniel noClara, noma uDaniel noNuria, kwakubuhlungu kakhulu.  Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke, uZafon ulandisa indaba enhle. Ngangikuthanda ukufana okukhona phakathi kukaJulian Carax noDaniel, nendlela ukuphila kukaDaniel okuhlangana ngayo nokukaJulian. Kwenza kube sengathi kuyiqiniso elingokomlingo, futhi kwenza kube ukufunda okujabulisayo.