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1	The carpenter's pencil more books like this by Manuel Rivas 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 ... see all copies from £1.97! new only from £6.58! \| first editions
2	Que Me Quieres, Amor? more books like this by Manuel Rivas 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 "@Qu Me Quieres, Amor?" stems from the story of a lover who abruptly changes his life after a bank robbery. see all copies from £4.09! new only from £6.28!
3	El Lapiz del Carpintero more books like this by Manuel Rivas 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 novel was a bestseller in Spain, has been published in various languages, and made into a movie. see all copies from £13.98! new only from £13.99!
4	In the Wilderness more books like this by Manuel Rivas, Jonathan Dunne (Translator) A cast of animals, birds, and people comes together in a multi-layered tale to relate magical traditions, legends, language, and history of Riva's homeland. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.14! \| first editions
5	La Mano del Emigrante more books like this by Manuel Rivas This book is different, dangerous and as unforgettable as a tattoo on the arm of a stretcher-bearer who leads us to a hidden side of his life and to a forgotten part of Spain's recent history. Its narration is done in such a different and unique way; Rivas looks for the love and hate relationship between imagination and reality. Thus, he ... see all copies from £6.54! new only from £6.54!
6	Vermeer's Milkmaid: And Other Stories more books like this by Manuel Rivas, Jonathan Dunne (Translator) see all copies from £11.61! new only from £12.64!
7	Mujer En El Bano more books like this by Manuel Rivas Besides a raw conversation between a feminine picture and the man who observes it, Mujer en el bano is also a book of many contemporary questions and issues. Conservative hypocrisy, the rejection of immigrants, the neglect of public education, impatient Capitalism, and cultural cannibalism are some of the issues in which this work focuses, using ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £18.02!
8	Ella, Maldita Alma more books like this by Manuel Rivas The protagonist of each of the stories in this collection is the soul in one of its various guises: a loaf of bread, a parrot, a swarm of bees, and an electric guitar. The stories are a current, simple, ironic, and a surprising response to the eternal search for the location of the soul. see all copies from £5.56! new only from £19.76!
9	Los Libros Arden Mal more books like this by Manuel Rivas 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 ... see all copies from £14.32! new only from £14.32!
10	Las Llamadas Perdidas more books like this by Manuel Rivas This compilation of short stories, encompass characters that struggle in heart and soul with adversity and suffering. Here, memories aren t a thing of the past but a reconstruction, a rebuilding of life through the use of sensations, feelings and a tactile gaze. The impact of loss shakes the foundation of everyday life. The high that is ... see all copies from £18.63! new only from £18.63!
11	En salvaje compañía by Manuel Rivas The dark side of reality emerges in unforgettable poetic images. A priest, Don Xil, explains to a young farmer, Rose, that the beautiful women in the paintings on the walls of the church are sinners. A mouse, Matac?ns, a cunning hunter in his first life, is caught by a cat that is none other than bagpipe player and anarchist Arturo de Lousame. ... see all copies from £12.90! new only from £34.66!
12 view cover	Vermeer's milkmaid more books like this by Manuel Rivas The mystery of the light in Vermeer's famous painting illuminates a writer's love for his mother; a travelling lingerie salesman is helped miraculously by a rock musician as he waits for his son who has run away; an emigrant returned from America describes his experiences to his nephew. The theme of non-communication in human relationships in a ... see all copies from £5.30! new only from £13.53!
13	La Lengua de las Mariposas y Otros Relatos more books like this by Manuel Rivas see all copies from £7.30! new only from £16.15!
14 view cover	Os Libros Arden Mal by Manuel Rivas see all copies from £12.30!
15 view cover	A man dos paíños by Manuel Rivas, Manuel Rivas, Manuel Rivas see all copies from £24.49!
16	La Lengua De Las Mariposas Und Andere Erzählungen. Lektüre + Cd by Manuel Rivas see all copies from £21.96! new only from £21.96!
17 view cover	Problemas de Morfologia Espa nola more books like this by Manuel Rivas Zancarron, Manuel Rivas Zancarron La linguistica actual, empenada en una excesiva presentacion teorica de sus contenidos, produce pocos trabajos que alivien de abstracciones las lineas escritas sobre sus diferentes disciplinas. Y si en otros campos del saber, como las matematicas, han surgido multiples monografias gue seducen al estudiante con formulaciones practicas y que le ... see all copies from £89.82! new only from £89.82!
18	Le Crayon Du Charpentier by Manuel; Chao Rivas, Ramûn; Mestre, Serge see all copies from £10.21! new only from £10.21!
19	Galicia, Galicia by Manuel Rivas see all copies from £29.03! new only from £29.03!
20	O Lapis Do Carpinteiro by Manuel Rivas see all copies from £25.82! new only from £25.82!
21	Idea del Imperio de Annam by Manuel De Rivas see all copies from £23.22! new only from £23.22!
22	Cantabria by Luis Blanco Rivas Manuel; Sazatornil Ruiz see all copies from £42.34!
23	El Gran Libro de Las Adivinanzas y Los Acertijos more books like this by Manuel Rivas see all copies from £27.88! new only from £27.88!
24	El Llapis del Fuster by Manuel Rivas, Maria Merce Roca I Perich see all copies from £20.23!
25	Into the Wilderness by Manuel Rivas A glorious cast of animals, birds, and humans comes together to relate the magical stories that form the plot of this extraordinary tale--a wondrously multilayered story of brilliant ideas and trenchant imagery that combines tenderness, humor, and a strong sense of cultural identity. see all copies from £5.46!

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