The Carpenter's Pencil

Description:

The Carpenter's Pencil (O lapis do carpinteiro in Galician) is a book written by the Galician author Manuel Rivas. The story revolves around a young couple, Daniel Da Barca and Marisa Mallo. Their happiness is destroyed when Galicia falls under a Falangist dictatorship. 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.

subjects: Prisoners and prisons,  Fiction,  History,  Fiction, general,  Prisoners of war,  Fiction, historical, general,  Spanish fiction,  Man-woman relationships,  Prisioneros y prisiones,  Relaciones hombre-mujer,  Prisoners,  Historia,  Presos,  Ficción

People: Manuel Rivas,  Daniel Da Barca,  Marisa Mallo

Places: Spain,  Galicia,  Galicia (Spain : Region),  Galicia (España)

Times: Civil War, 1936-1939,  Guerra Civil, 1936-1939