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''The Angel's Game'' (''El juego del ángel'', 2008) is a prequel to 2001's ''The Shadow of the Wind'' by Spanish author Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Like ''The Shadow of the Wind'', it was translated into English by Lucia Graves, daughter of the poet Robert Graves, and published in 2009. ==Plot== ''The Angel's Game'' is set in Barcelona in the 1920s and 1930s and follows a young writer, David Martin, who is approached by a mysterious figure to write a book. The novel returns to The Cemetery of Forgotten Books in Barcelona's Raval district, and the Sempere & Sons bookshop, from ''The Shadow of the Wind''. In the next book of the series ''The Prisoner of Heaven'' we hear that David Martín was imprisoned in the Montjuic Castle in 1940. There he wrote the book ''The Angel´s Game''. We also find out that he is considered schizophrenic, talking to himself and characters who are not there. This leads to our conclusion that much of what appeared to happen in the book ''The Angel´s Game'' may not have happened, but could have been Martíns dreams/illusions/fantasies. ==Reception== The Canadian Press's ''Maclean's Magazine'' placed ''The Angel's Game'' as number one for their top ten hardcover fiction books for the week ending July 7, 2009. Marley Walker called it "Zafon's ambitious new historic melodrama." ''USA Today'' praised ''The Angel's Game'' as "a multi-layered confection that combines undying love, magical realism, meditations on religion, the importance of books and a love affair with the vibrant city of Barcelona." Andrew Reimer said, "Here is more of the same from the author of ''The Shadow of the Wind'' " which "is bound to make his fans whoop with joy." However, he also added, "the climax of this new tale is a bit of a mess, with too many twists and turns and perhaps a few too many corpses." Aravind Adiga of ''The Age'' complained that there was "plenty that is ludicrous, cliched and schematic," but explained that "()overs of Barcelona will enjoy Ruiz Zafon's skillful use of that city's architecture--Gothic and Modern." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Angel's Game」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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