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The
2003 Award
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The Carpenter's Pencil by
Manuel Rivas
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Harvill Press ISBN 1860467431 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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is the summer of 1936, the early months of the agonising civil war that
engulfs Spain and shakes the rest of the world. In a prison in the pilgrim
city of Santiago de Compostela, an artist sketches the famous porch of the
cathedral, the Pórtico da Gloria. He uses a carpenter's pencil. But
instead of reproducing the sculptured faces of the prophets and elders,
he draws the faces of his fellow Republican prisoners. 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. The Carpenter's Pencil conveys the horror and savagery of the tragedy that divided Spain, and the experiences of the men and women who lived through it. It also relates a beautiful love story. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Manuel Rivas was born in 1957. He writes in the Galician language of north-west Spain. His earlier work includes the novels Os Comedores de Patacas and En Salvaxe Compaña. He is also a journalist on El País and presents a monthly debate programme on Spanish television. His collection of stories, Butterfly's Tongue, has recently been made into a film directed by José Luis Cuerda. |
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