La Ciudad de Vapor, Paperback

English translation of title: The City of Steam]

A young man decides to become a writer when he discovers that his craft sparks the interest of a rich girl who has stolen his heart. An architect flees Constantinople with blueprints for an unimaginable library. A strange gentleman tempts Cervantes to write a book that has never existed. And Gaud , arriving to a mysterious rendezvous in New York, takes pleasure in the city's light and steam, the stuff that all cities should be made of.

The echo of the characters and motifs of Ruiz Zaf n's Cemetery of Forgotten Books series resonates in these stories, collected for the first time in a single volume, and crafted by a writer whose storytelling magic has made us dream like no other.

About author(s):Carlos Ruiz Zafón is the author of eight novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Labyrinth of Spirits and The Prince of Mist and the international phenomena The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game. His work has been published in more than fifty countries and honored with numerous awards. He died in June 2020.