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The acclaimed Galician authorâs novel of the Spanish Civil War is âa sincere and beautiful portrait of a brutal, ugly period of Spanish historyâ (The Guardian).  Novelist and El PaÃs journalist Manuel Rivas has been heralded as one of the brightest in a new wave of Spanish authors. Originally written in Galician, his native language, The Carpenterâs Pencil was a bestseller in Spain and has been published in nine countries.  Set in the dark days of the Spanish Civil War, The Carpenterâs Pencil charts the linked destinies of Dr. Daniel Da Barca, a Republican who cheats death in General Francoâs prisons; Herbal, an illiterate Falangist and Da Barcaâs shadow; and an unnamed painter with the carpenterâs pencil, the man who unites them in life and death. It is also the story of Marisa Mallo, loved by both Da Barca and Herbal; Pepe Sánchez, the bolero singer; âGenghis Khan,â the wrestler; and the legend of two estranged sisters, Life and Death.  All of these and more are bound by the events of the war. And all are rendered, in Rivasâs skillful hand, with the power of the carpenterâs pencil, a pencil that draws both the measured line and the artistâs fanciful vision. |
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