The Carpenter's Pencil: A Novel of the Spanish Civil War

The acclaimed Galician author's novel of the Spanish Civil War is "a sincere and beautiful portrait of a brutal, ugly period of Spanish history" (The Guardian).

Novelist and El País 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 Carpenter's Pencil was a bestseller in Spain and has been published in nine countries.

Set in the dark days of the Spanish Civil War, The Carpenter's P...