The Prisoner of Heaven

a novel

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Hardcover, 278 pages

English language

Published Jan. 6, 2012 by Harper.

ISBN:: 978-0-06-220628-2
OCLC Number:: 962198500

(24 reviews)

Barcelona, 1957. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife Bea have much to celebrate. They have a beautiful new baby son named Julian, and their close friend Fermín Romero de Torres is about to be wed. But their joy is eclipsed when a mysterious stranger visits the Sempere bookshop and threatens to divulge a terrible secret that has been buried for two decades in the city's dark past. His appearance plunges Fermín and Daniel into a dangerous adventure that will take them back to the 1940's and the dark early days of Franco's dictatorship. The terrifying events of that time launch them on a journey fraught with jealousy, suspicion, vengeance, and lies, a search for the truth that will put into peril everything they love and ultimately transform their lives.

Full of intrigue and emotion, The Prisoner of Heaven is a majestic novel in which the threads of …

Full of intrigue and emotion, The Prisoner of Heaven is a majestic novel in which the threads of The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game converge under the spell of literature and bring us toward the enigma of the mystery hidden at the heart of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a collection of lost treasures known only to its few initiates and the very core of Carlos Ruiz Zafón's enchanting fictional world. (jacket flap)

23 editions

Stephen Hayes reviewed (ruiz).prisoner of heaven, the (orion) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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3 stars

I read this book about 18 months ago, and somehow never got around to writing a review.

Then last week I read the prequel, [b:The Angel's Game|22474439|The Angel's Game|Carlos Ruiz Zafón|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1402880320s/22474439.jpg|41916978], and realised that I did not remember enough of this one to write the review, so I read it again. Neither of them matched up to the original, [b:The shadow of the wind|1232|The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)|Carlos Ruiz Zafón|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1344545047s/1232.jpg|3209783]. [The Angel's Game] started off quite well, but in the end it degenerated into gratuitous and pointless violence. And [The Prisoner of Heaven] left too many loose ends. The picture of the man with the eight-year-old girl, mentioned in [b:The Angel's Game|22474439|The Angel's Game|Carlos Ruiz Zafón|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1402880320s/22474439.jpg|41916978], gets a mention here too, but is never explained. Perhaps they will be tied up in a sequel, perhaps not.

I compared [The Shadow of the Wind] to …

Reading Lullaby reviewed El prisionero del cielo by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Review of 'El prisionero del cielo' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

Zafon con su prosa maravillosa absorbe e intriga, da luz y rompe corazones a la ves. Fermin siempre ha sido mi personaje preferido desde que lei por primera ves La Sombra del Viento, por su caracter y porque a pesar de haber sufrido tanto, es tan jovial y humoroso. Este libro cuenta la historia de Fermin a profundidad y ha hecho que lo termine admirando aun mas! Este libro lo he leido de un solo tiron, literalmente. Me sente a las 2 pm y termine a las 10pm. Simplemente lo amo. Zafon es grande! Estos libros han de pasar a la historia y convertirse en los futuros clasicos de la literatura espanola.