The Carpenter's Pencil
by Manuel Rivas | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1860469299 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1860469299 Global Overview for this book
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From the back cover:
The story of a love affair that survived the savagery that divided Spain.
From Amazon.co.uk:
A timeless love story that grew out of the horrors of the Spanish Civil War. It is the summer of 1936, the early months of the agonising civil war that engulfs Spain. In a prison in the pilgrim city of Santiago de Compostela, an artist sketches the famous porch of the cathedral, the Portico de 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. 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.
This book is being sent to NeedSun in Canada as part of felicia-fairy's Secret Santa. I noticed on NeedSun's bookshelf that she has enjoyed historical romances in the past, so I'm hoping that this one might be her type of thing.
I'm also sending Visions of Sugar Plums and The Australian Fiancé as part of her Secret Santa package.
Merry Christmas NeedSun!
I'm also sending Visions of Sugar Plums and The Australian Fiancé as part of her Secret Santa package.
Merry Christmas NeedSun!
You did a wonderful job picking out the books for me. This one looks interesting and yet a tiny bit different from what I usually read. I am very much looking forward to reading it.
Thank you once again.
Thank you once again.
