Paperback edition of the coming-of-age novel from the Spanish author of "The Carpenter's Pencil" and "All Is Silence", which ranges from the Spanish Civil War to men landing on the moon.
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.
Manuel Rivas was born in A Coru¿a in 1957. He writes in the Galician language of north-west Spain. He is well known in Spain for his journalism, as well as for his prize-winning short stories and novels, which include the internationally acclaimed The Carpenter's Pencil and Books Burn Badly. His most recent novel, All is Silence, will be published in English in 2013. His works have been translated into twenty languages.
