The City of Mist

A story collection published in 2020, after Zafón's death, gathering his short fiction for the first time, some of it never published before. There's no single plot: each story wraps up on its own. A boy decides to become a writer to win the attention of a rich girl he loves. An architect flees Constantinople with plans for an impregnable library. A mysterious gentleman tempts Miguel de Cervantes to write a book like no other. Antoni Gaudí sails to New York. Echoes of the series' characters and motifs run throughout, like lost books, writers tempted by bargains and a shadowy Barcelona. It's the author's farewell to the world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books.

1. Behind the scenesA posthumous book

   Zafón died on June 19, 2020, in Los Angeles. The City of Mist came out in Spain five months later, on November 17.

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2. Behind the scenesAll the stories together

   The book collects Zafón's short stories for the first time, and some had never been published.

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3. ReferenceCervantes and Gaudí

   In one story, a mysterious gentleman tempts Cervantes to write a book like no other. In another, Gaudí sails to New York.

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4. ReferenceEchoes of the series

   The publisher says the stories carry echoes of the great characters and motifs of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. One follows an architect fleeing Constantinople with plans for an impregnable library.

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