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Synopsis
En la cárcel de Santiago de Compostela, en plena Guerra Civil, un pintor dibuja el Pórtico de la Gloria con un lápiz de carpintero, reflejando los rostros... y aún más, la desesperación de sus compañeros de presidio. Un guardián su futuro asesino., lo observa todo. A partir de esta escena, el "Lápiz" de Manuel Rivas hilvana una historia donde el amor logra vencer a la desesperación.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONSet in the dark days of the Spanish Civil War, The Carpenter's Pencil charts the linked destinies of Dr. Daniel Da Barca, Herbal, and of the unnamed painter with the carpenter's pencil. The Carpenter's Pencil was a bestseller in Spain and has been published in various languages.
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About the Author
Manuel Rivas nació en A Coruña. Desde muy joven trabajó en prensa y sus reportajes y artículos están reunidos en El periodismo es un cuento (Alfaguara, 1997 y 2015), Mujer en el baño (Alfaguara, 2003) y A cuerpo abierto (Alfaguara, 2008). Una muestra de su poesía está recogida en la antología El pueblo de la noche (Alfaguara, 1997) y La desaparición de la nieve (Alfaguara, 2009). Como narrador obtuvo, entre otros, el Premio de la Crítica española por Un millón de vacas (1990), el Premio de la Crítica en Gallego por En salvaje compañía (Alfaguara, 1994), el Premio Nacional de Narrativa por ¿Qué me quieres, amor? (Alfaguara, 1996), el Premio de la Crítica española por El lápiz del carpintero (Alfaguara, 1998) y el Premio Nacional de la Crítica en Gallego por Los libros arden mal (Alfaguara, 2006), considerada como una de las grandes obras de la literatura gallega y elegida Libro del Año por los Libreros de Madrid. En 2012, Alfaguara publicó sus cuentos reunidos bajo el título Lo más extraño. Su últimos libros publicados son la novela Todo es silencio (Alfaguara, 2010), finalista del Premio Dashiell Hammett de novela negra y llevada al cine en 2012 por José Luis Cuerda, la narración autobiográfica Las voces bajas (Alfaguara, 2012), el libro de viaje a la India Vicente Ferrer. Rumbo a las estrellas, con dificultades (2013) y el libro de poemas A boca da terra (2015).
Review
"El lápiz del carpintero" is a strange and haunting novel... Rivas's language has the sheen of poetry. -- The Guardian
El lápiz del carpintero ha recogido de la tierra el sabor de las leyendas populares. -- Paris Match
Manuel Rivas has written a beautiful novel, filled with tenderness and humanity. -- Arturo Pérez-Reverte
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- PublisherPunto de Lectura
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 8466318445
- ISBN 13 9788466318440
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number3
- Number of pages192
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