Daniel Sempere
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Daniel Sempere
Daniel Sempere is the protagonist of the book i am reading now,called "The Shadow of the Wind" by Spanish author Carlos Ruiz Zafon.It is about the main character,Daniel,finding a book called "The Shadow of the Wind" the old city of Barcelona,in a place called "The Cemetery of Forgotten Books",a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles at the age of ten.As he grew up,people started to approach him,asking him questions concerning the book,and most of the time offering a large amount of money to buy it.
What began as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax,the author of the book and to save those that he left behind.
A very intriguing book,and definitely lived up to my expectations(So far,anyway),and it is particularly hard to do so especially after ive just finished "Viva La Repartee".Anyway,i find myself curiously related to Daniel's life.Of course,aside from the fact that he lost his mother at youth.I guess it's just some of his personalities,characteristics that resembled me,or rang a bell within myself.
1)The desire to get a fountain pen
2)A job at the bookstore
3)Love for books
4)The stupidity of reading a book all the way into the wee-hours of the morning
5)Mentally too old for his age
6)Clara
"...I set off towards Ramblas.I stopped by the entrance to the square and turned to look at the Barcelos apartment.The windows were still in darkness,weeping with rain.I wanted to hate Clara but was unable to.To truly hate is an art one learns with time.
I swore to myself that i would never see her again,that i wouldnt mention her name or remember the time i had wasted by her side.For some strange reason,i felt at peace.The anger that had driven me out of my home had gone.I was afraid it would return,and with renewed vigour,the following day.I was afraid that jealiusy and shame would slowly consume me once all the pieces of my memory of that night fell into place.But dawn was still a few hours away,and there was one more thing i had to do before i could return home with a clean conscience..."
---Daniel Sampere from "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Daniel Sempere is the protagonist of the book i am reading now,called "The Shadow of the Wind" by Spanish author Carlos Ruiz Zafon.It is about the main character,Daniel,finding a book called "The Shadow of the Wind" the old city of Barcelona,in a place called "The Cemetery of Forgotten Books",a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles at the age of ten.As he grew up,people started to approach him,asking him questions concerning the book,and most of the time offering a large amount of money to buy it.
What began as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax,the author of the book and to save those that he left behind.
A very intriguing book,and definitely lived up to my expectations(So far,anyway),and it is particularly hard to do so especially after ive just finished "Viva La Repartee".Anyway,i find myself curiously related to Daniel's life.Of course,aside from the fact that he lost his mother at youth.I guess it's just some of his personalities,characteristics that resembled me,or rang a bell within myself.
1)The desire to get a fountain pen
2)A job at the bookstore
3)Love for books
4)The stupidity of reading a book all the way into the wee-hours of the morning
5)Mentally too old for his age
6)Clara
"...I set off towards Ramblas.I stopped by the entrance to the square and turned to look at the Barcelos apartment.The windows were still in darkness,weeping with rain.I wanted to hate Clara but was unable to.To truly hate is an art one learns with time.
I swore to myself that i would never see her again,that i wouldnt mention her name or remember the time i had wasted by her side.For some strange reason,i felt at peace.The anger that had driven me out of my home had gone.I was afraid it would return,and with renewed vigour,the following day.I was afraid that jealiusy and shame would slowly consume me once all the pieces of my memory of that night fell into place.But dawn was still a few hours away,and there was one more thing i had to do before i could return home with a clean conscience..."
---Daniel Sampere from "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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