Interesting challenge… not all books translate well to English but one of my favorites is The Shadow of the Wind. I’m not sure which cover is the original and it would take more time than I want to spend to figure it out right now – but interesting question and I’ll go explore the covers again another time. Maybe this one?
My copy is not on the shelf where it belongs, which means a kid (RJ???) has stolen it. That’s not good. I need that back…
But one of my favorite lines is… the first line:
I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time