The Carpenter's Pencil

"The novel is magnificently structured....The language is rich but not over-elaborate; Rivas eschews abstraction and describes objects, details, landscapes. It is a strength of the book that the ideas implicit in it arise from this direct, sensuous perception. THE CARPENTER'S PENCIL is one of the best Spanish novels of recent years. It tells a story of great emotional power and speaks movingly of the ability of moral principle to resist fascism."Manuel Rivas is the author of 'The Carpenter's Pencil', published 2001 under ISBN 9781585671458 and ISBN 1585671452.