The Carpenter's Pencil - Couverture souple

Rivas, Manuel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1585672831 ISBN 13 : 9781585672837

Editeur : Overlook Pr, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Rivas Manuel

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 Carpenter's Pencil has been published in nine countries.

Set in the dark days of the Spanish Civil War, The Carpenter's 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 Rivas's skillful hand, with the power of the carpenter's pencil, a pencil that draws both the measured line and the artist's dazzling vision.

Translated from the Galician by Jonathan Dunne.

Revue de presse

"A startling novel. I have rarely read a piece of writing so poetic" (Daily Telegraph)

"He is an important storyteller because he is sensitive and he has an incredible ear, which, in his fiction, is allied to great ingenuity" (John Berger)

"I learnt more about the Spanish Civil War from The Carpenter's Pencil...than from any history book I've read" (Gunter Grass)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Overlook Pr
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1585672831
• ISBN 13: 9781585672837
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible