DECEMBER 2021 - AudioFile
Zafón writes gothic horror for grown-ups, and he writes with the heart of a poet. To present his stories on audio takes delicacy and impeccable judgment about atmosphere and pacing. The artful production and exquisite performance by Daniel Weyman hit all the right notes. Lovers of Zafón’s classic novel THE SHADOW OF THE WIND will relish these shorter tales, reminiscent of Poe but profoundly rooted in Catalonia and Spain. The title city is, of course, Barcelona, and while one story follows action to New York, the layers of history in Madrid and especially Barcelona, from medieval times to the present, give Zafón his true setting, where for him, the Inquisition, Cervantes, and the devil still haunt the Rambla and the Barri Gòtic. Creepy/delicious. B.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine
From the Publisher
"Mesmerizing...Absorbing, old-fashioned storytelling from an indisputable master of the form, atmospheric settings and characters who exist in the margins between reality and imagination...tapping into a sense of ethereal mystery and otherworldliness." — BookPage
"Evocative...Absorbing...These eleven tales continue in the gothic vein of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books." — Times Literary Supplement (London)
“Ruiz Zafón, the best-selling Spanish author since Cervantes and a conjurer of wonder and mystery…brings to life his hometown Barcelona, that magical and mysterious city, in a collection that is both familiarly satisfying and poignant, revisiting many of his signature themes such as desperate youthful love and its consequences, as well as class prejudice.” — Washington Post
“Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a brilliant writer…This book shows us just how talented he was…There is much to savor in The City of Mist, and I am thankful that Ruiz Zafón provides us a literary beacon through the mist that has been the past two years.” — Book Reporter
“Imaginative and beguiling storytelling…These stories summon up the mesmerizing magic of their brilliant creator." — Book Riot
DECEMBER 2021 - AudioFile
Zafón writes gothic horror for grown-ups, and he writes with the heart of a poet. To present his stories on audio takes delicacy and impeccable judgment about atmosphere and pacing. The artful production and exquisite performance by Daniel Weyman hit all the right notes. Lovers of Zafón’s classic novel THE SHADOW OF THE WIND will relish these shorter tales, reminiscent of Poe but profoundly rooted in Catalonia and Spain. The title city is, of course, Barcelona, and while one story follows action to New York, the layers of history in Madrid and especially Barcelona, from medieval times to the present, give Zafón his true setting, where for him, the Inquisition, Cervantes, and the devil still haunt the Rambla and the Barri Gòtic. Creepy/delicious. B.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine
