Carpenter's Pencil

Informationen zum Autor Manuel Rivas was born in Coruña in 1957, and writes in the Galician language of north-west Spain. He is well known for his journalism, as well as for his prize-winning short stories and novels, which include the internationally acclaimed The Carpenter's Pencil and Books Burn Badly . His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. Klappentext Manuel Rivas was born in A Coru¿a in 1957. He writes in the Galician language of north-west Spain. He is well known in Spain for his journalism, as well as for his prize-winning short stories and novels, which include the internationally acclaimed The Carpenter's Pencil and Books Burn Badly . His most recent novel, All is Silence, will be published in English in 2013. His works have been translated into twenty languages. Zusammenfassung It is the summer of 1936, the early months of the agonising civil war that engulfs Spain and shakes the rest of the world. Many years later in post-Franco Spain, a survivor of that period, Doctor Daniel da Barca, returns from exile to his native Galicia, and the threads of past memories begin to be woven together.

Product details

• Authors: Manuel Rivas, Rivas Manuel
• Assisted by: Jonathan Dunne (Translation), Dunne Jonathan (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.2003
• EAN: 9780099448464
• ISBN: 978-0-09-944846-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical romance, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, Spain, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Politics, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, War, combat and military adventure fiction, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), 1936–1939 (Spanish Civil War period), FICTION / Historical / Civil War Era