Spanish language and culture are not widely understood in Taiwan, and are accorded little attention. Fortunately, La Sombra del Viento's agent was very open-minded. He figured that for it to sell well in Asia would be a difficult assignment, but as long as expectations were reined in, there was no reason not to let Tan make a go of it.
因為西班牙文在台灣屬小眾語種，關注的人極少，碰巧代理《風之影》的經紀人也很「阿莎力」，心想反正小說橫豎在亞洲都難賣，便不抱太多期望地回了譚光磊一句「你想賣就拿去吧！」