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The Prisoner of Heaven

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Part of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series

  • 317 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 2011
  • 24 editions
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1 About this book

The Prisoner of Heaven (original title: El prisionero del cielo) is a 2011 book written by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Originally published in Spanish, it was later translated to English by Lucia Graves. This is the third novel in the series Cemetery of Forgotten Books written by the author.

The book begins one year after the wedding of Daniel Sempere and Beatriz Aguliar. This is a direct sequel to Zafon's first novel in the series The Shadow of the Wind.

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2 About Carlos Ruiz Zafón

1964–2020

Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Spanish pronunciation:; 25 September 1964 – 19 June 2020) was a Spanish novelist known for his 2001 novel La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind). The novel sold 15 million copies and was winner of numerous awards; it was included in a list of the 100 best books in Spanish of the last 25 years, made in 2007 by 81 Spanish and Hispanic American writers and critics.

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