Carpenter's pen

This exquisite novel's events revolve around the Spanish Civil War, so we live the intertwined fates of Doctor Da Barqa the Republican who fights death every day in Franco and Herpal's prisons, the illiterate Kataebi who chases Da Barqa like a shadow, and the painter with a carpenter's pen, who connects them in his life and death. This touching novel depicts the horror, brutality, and tragedy that divided Spain, and the experiences of men and women who lived through it, but it also tells us the most beautiful love story imaginable. Manuel Rivas, one of the brightest representatives of the new wave of Spanish writers, was born in Galicia in 1957, completed his university studies in Madrid, has been working in journalism since graduation, and his short stories and novels have won many awards and have been translated into more than 20 languages.