<p><font><b>The echo of the novels of <i>The Cemetery of Forgotten Books</i> series resonates in the stories of Carlos Ruiz Zaf¿n:</b><b>gathered here for the first time - and some never before published in English - these stories are a celebration of </b><b>one of the world''s great storytellers</b></font><br><br>A boy decides to become a writer when he discovers that his creative gifts capture the attentions of an aloof young beauty who has stolen his heart. <br><br>A labyrinth maker flees Constantinople to a plague ridden Barcelona, with plans for building a library impervious to the destruction of time. <br><br>A strange gentleman tempts Cervantes to write a book like no other, each page of which could prolong the life of the woman he loves. <br><br>And a brilliant Catalan architect named Antoni Gaud¿eluctantly agrees to cross the ocean to New York, a voyage that will determine the fate of an unfinished masterpiece.<br><br><br><font><b>A celebration of a master