The Carpenter's Pencil

About this book

Manuel Rivas has been heralded as one of the brightest in a new wave of Spanish writers influenced by Spanish and European traditions as well as by the history of Spain over the past seventy years. A bestseller in Spain The Carpenters Pencil has been published in nine countries. Set in the dark days of the Spanish Civil War The Carpenters Pencil charts the linked destinies of a remarkable cast of unique characters. All are bound by the events of the Civil War-the artists and the peasants alike-and all are brought to life in Rivass skillful hand with the power of the carpenters pencil a pencil that draws both the measured line and the artists dazzling vision. Translated from the Galician by Jonathan Dunne.