The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
A book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us.
In the shop we buy and sell them, but in truth books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody’s best friend.
All true stories begin and end in a cemetery" - The Shadow of the Wind
When 'The Shadow of the Wind' became a success I had already been a working writer, I'd been through the ups and downs, I'd seen how it worked.
somethings can only be seen in the shadows