Marina

By: Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Write A Review

Hardcover | 1 July 2014

At a Glance

Hardcover
336 Pages

Age
13 - 17

Grade
2 - 12

Dimensions(cm)
22.23 x 15.24 x 3.18

Hardcover

$69.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $17.50 with

Ships in 5 to 10 business days

""We all have a secret buried under lock and key in the attic of our soul. This is mine.""In May 1980, fifteen-year-old Oscar Drai suddenly vanishes from his barding school in Barcelona. For seven days and seven nights no one knows his whereabouts...His story begins in an old quarter of the city, where he meets the strange Marina and her father, German Blau, a portrait painter. Marina takes Oscar to a cemetery to watch a macabre ritual that occurs on the last Sunday of each month. At exactly ten o'clock in the morning, a coach pulled by black horses appears. From it descends a woman, her face shrouded be a black velvet cloak. Holding a single rose, she walks to a gravestone that bears no name, only a mysterious emblem of a black butterfly with open wings. When Oscar and Marina decide to follow her, they begin a journey that transports them to a forgotten, postwar Barcelona--a world of aristocrats and actresses, inventors and tycoons--and reveals a dark secret that lies waiting in the mysterious labyrinth beneath the city streets. Written just before "The Shadow of the Wind," Carlos Ruiz Zafon's "Marina" has long been a cult classic in Spain and is now an international bestseller.

Industry Reviews

"High-quality gothic genre fiction with a classic Mary Shelley sensibility." Kirkus Reviews"

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $89.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.