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Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.

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Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Age: 55 †
Born: 1964
Born: September 25
Died: 2020
Died: June 19
Novelist
Publicist
Screenwriter
Barcelona
Spain
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Remember
Even
Secretly
Corner
Corners

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