Beatriz | Aguilar | Tomas's sister. Daniel's lover. Aka: Bea. |
Tomas | Aguilar | Daniel's best friend and classmate. |
David | Aldaya | Julian and Penelope's dead son. |
Jorge | Aldaya | Penelope's brother. |
Penelope | Aldaya | Julian's girlfriend. |
Ricardo | Aldaya | Jorge and Penelope's father. |
Simon | Aldaya | Penelope and Jorge's grandfather. |
Clara | Barcelo | Barcelo's niece. The expert on Julian Carax. |
Gustavo | Barcelo | Old colleague of Mr. Sempere. A bookseller. |
Dr. | Baro | The town's doctor. |
Salvador | Benades | The new copyeditor. |
Monsieur | Benarens | The man who adopted Sophie. |
Teresita | Boadas | Isaac's ex-girlfriend. |
2nd Lt. | Buendia | Bea's boyfriend. |
Toni | Cabestany | Julian's publisher. |
Kiko | Calabuig | A news reporter. |
Julian | Carax | The Shadow of the Wind author. |
Sophie | Carax | Julian's mother. |
Lluis | Carbo | The nightwatch man. |
Estrellita | Castro | The music hall star. |
Mr. | Collbato | A funeral service agent. |
Jacinta | Coronado | Penelope's governess. |
Lain | Coubert | The name used by the devil in Julian's novel. |
Maria | Craponcia | Ramon's wife. Aka: Yvonne. |
Baltasar | Deulofeu-Carallot | A con man. |
Dona | Encarna | Fermin's landlady. |
Don | Federico | The neighborhood watchmaker. |
Gustave | Flaubert | A novelist. |
Antonio | Fortuny | Julian's father. |
Inspector | Fumero | Fermin's nemesis. Julian's nemesis. Aka: Francisco Javier Fumero. |
Fructous | Gelabert | A videographer. |
General | Goded | A Spanish Army General. |
Cary | Grant | An actor. |
Antonio Jose | Gutierrez-Alcayate | The man who killed Nuria. Fermin's other name. |
Manuel | Gutierrez-Fonseca | A city employee at the municipal morgue. |
Sister | Hortensia | The nun at Sta. Lucia. |
Salvador | Jausa | The Catalan financier. |
Irence | Marceau | The owner of the hostess bar. Julian's boss. |
Dr. | Mendoza | Daniel's doctor. |
Miquel | Moliner | Nuria's husband. Julian's former best friend. |
Saturno | Molleda | The building caretaker. |
Isaac | Monfort | Sempere's keeper of Cementery of Forgotten Books. |
Nuria | Monfort | Isaac's daughter. Cabestany's secretary. |
Adrian | Neri | Clara's music teacher and lover. |
Anacleto | Olmo | Unofficial spokesman for Royal Academy Language. Mr. Sempere's neighbor. |
Enrique | Palacios | Fumero's associate. |
La | Pepita | Don Federico's deaf mother. |
Mercedes | Pietro | Nuria's workmate. |
Fernando | Ramos | The St. Gabriel's priest. Julian's former classmate. |
Braulio | Recolons | A pork butcher. |
Jose Maria | Requejo | Sophie's lawyer. |
Fermin | Romero De Torres | The beggar Daniel befriended. |
Monsieur | Roquefort | Claudette and Clara's tutor. |
Pedro | Sanmarti | A publishing house owner. Nuria's employer. |
Daniel | Sempere | Protagonist. Aka: Sempere Junior. |
Mr. | Sempere | Daniel's father. |
Dr. | Soldevila | Barcelo's family doctor. |
Ana | Valls | Sophie's favorite student. |
Mr. | Valls | Ana's father. |
Javier | Velazquez | A professor. One of Mr. Sempere's customers. |
Father | Vicente | The school's vicar. |
Benancio | | Jacinta's uncle. |
Bernarda | | Barcelo's maid. Fermin's lover. |
Casasus | | Mr. Aguilar's secretary. |
Cecilia | | The Aguilar's family maid. |
Claudette | | Clara's cousin. |
Duran | | Fumero's superior. |
Giselle | | The tycoon's daughter. |
Isabelita | | Aurora's daughter. |
Jesusa | | Fermin's sister. |
Kurtz | | Julian's cat. |
Leopoldo | | Isaac's uncle. |
Lerma | | Fumero's associate. |
Marisela | | Jesusa's maid. |
Merceditas | | Daniel's neighbor. |
Neuval | | Julian's last publisher. |
Paco | | Aurora's son. |
Ramoneta | | Jacinta's friend. |
Reme | | Bernarda's aunt. |
Rociito | | Fermin's friend. |
Vicenteta | | Sophie's friend. |
Zacarias | | The angel in Jacinta's dream. |