books by Manuel Rivas     books:       El lápiz del carpintero (Punto de Lectura) Manuel Rivas Punto de Lectura, 2001 Set in the dark days of the Spanish Civil War, The Carpenter's Pencil charts the linked destinies of Dr. Daniel Da Barca, Herbal, and of the unnamed painter with the carpenter's pencil. The Carpenter's Pencil was a bestseller in Spain and has been published in various languages. Blurb in Spanish: En la cárcel de Santiago de Compostela, en plena Guerra Civil, un pintor dibuja el Pórtico de la Gloria con un lápiz de carpintero, reflejando ...             The Carpenter's Pencil: A Novel of the Spanish Civil War3 reviews Manuel Rivas Overlook TP, 2002 Galician pride There are as many Galicians abroad as in Spain. So now that we see one of our writers translated directly from our language into English, our pride gets a special boost. With Rivas, our literature has found its own boom. He gives a new insight to our culture, our language, and our traditions. Thanks, Jonathan Dunne, for a job well done! Graciñas, Manuel, for helping us in learning about ...             El lapiz del carpintero/ The Carpenter's Pencil (Narrativa (Punto de Lectura)) Manuel Rivas Punto de Lectura, 2008 Set in the dark days of the Spanish Civil War, The Carpenter's Pencil charts the linked destinies of Dr. Daniel Da Barca, Herbal, and of the unnamed painter with the carpenter's pencil. The Carpenter's Pencil was a bestseller in Spain and has been published in various languages. Description in Spanish: En la carcel de Santiago de Compostela, en plena Guerra Civil, un pintor dibuja el Portico de la Gloria con un lapiz de carpintero, reflejando ...             La lengua de las mariposas und andere Erzählungen. Lektüre + CD Manuel Rivas Hueber Verlag GmbH & Co K, 2006             In the Wilderness1 review Manuel Rivas Overlook TP, 2006 300 Spying Songster Crows... I had this book for about 5 years and kept dipping into every now and again; so its one of those authors 'testimonies' that lasts a lifetime, an accumulation of reflections, observances, brief sketches and poetical illustrations. There is no story-line as such, although it revolves around an the character of an old lady called Misia in a Galician village in North-West Spain. Other prominent ...             La mano del emigrante Manuel Rivas Punto de lectura, Suma de letras, 2002 Éste es un libro distinto, arriesgado y tan inolvidable como el tatuaje de un camillero que muestra el lado oscuro de su vida y una parte de la reciente historia de España, ahora infectada por el virus de la desmemoria. Desde la imaginación y la realidad, se entrelazan tres relatos -uno de ficción, La mano del emigrante; otro fotográfico, El álbum furtivo; y uno más periodístico, Los náufragos - para mostrar que, a la hora de la verdad, la ...             ¿Qué me quieres, amor? (Punto de Lectura) Manuel Rivas Santillana USA Publishing Company, 2001 Each short story of this book is a magic spell crafted with the indisputable rhythm and sensibility that are hallmarks of Galician author Manuel Rivas. The title ¿Qué me quieres, amor? stems from the story of a lover who abruptly changes his life after a bank robbery. Love pervades the characters of other stories, including the father who goes to work each night worried where his son has spent the night, our childhood recollection of our mother ...             ¿Qué me quieres, amor?2 reviews Manuel Rivas Punto de lectura, 2000 Una apreciación It is important to remember that Rivas writes originally in his own Gallego rather than Spanish though he does translate some of his own works into Spanish. But whether you read him in Spanish, Gallego, or English (this title in English is under the name "Vermeer's Milkmaid and other stories" ) his grasp of the human experience transcends all cultures. He is a master of the short story, whatever ...             Los libros arden mal Manuel Rivas Alfaguara, 2006 The lives of books, people and language are crossed and interlaced in an intense story of suspense that occur from the 19th Century to present time: The launderer who sees films in the flowing river, the anarchist boxer, the tango singer, the compulsive collector of Bibles, and many more. This is a universe populated with unusual voices, of memories that resound or murmur in an unforgettable way. Description In Spanish: La pesadilla que vive ...             Vermeer's Milkmaid Stories: Stories Manuel Rivas Overlook Hardcover, 2008 Manuel Rivas is "an author who knows how to introduce poetry not just into his sentences but into his way of looking at the world" ( Le Monde ). Now, Rivas turns his poetic eye upon his native region with this collection of stories. A traveling lingerie salesman is helped miraculously by a rock musician as he waits for his son who has run away; a love-addled bank robber botches a job; a sleepy village is abruptly transformed by the ...             LA Lengua De Las Mariposas Y Otros Relatos Manuel Rivas Alfaguara Ediciones, S.A. (Spain), 2001             Butterfly's Tongue2 reviews Manuel Rivas Harvill Pr, 2000 Butterfly's tongue "Butterfly's Tongue" (La lengua de Las Mariposas) is a compelling story about a youngster and his relationship with the town's school teacher. The narration takes us back in time to Spain during the Franco regime. The author has beautifully interwoven history and friendship and how it can be affected by war and society. Other short stories in the book revolve around the life of other characters ...             En Salvaje Compania/in Savage Company1 review Manuel Rivas Santillana USA Publishing Company, 2004 Imaginative small piece of magic In the unreal everyday life, in a small town, where stories develop themselves in a bowl of emotions, deceased people turn into animals: lizards, mice, spiders and observe the slow motion of feelings from the deepest of their personal forests. A nicely written touching contemporary fairy tale.             La lengua de las mariposas Manuel Rivas Cornelsen Verlag GmbH + C, 2004              search for books andere, butterfly, carpenter, carpintero, civil, compania, company, emigrante, erzählungen, lapiz, lectura, lektüre, lengua, libros, lápiz, mariposas, milkmaid, narrativa, otros, pencil, punto, quieres, relatos, salvaje, savage, spanish, stories, tongue, vermeer, wilderness books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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