El lápiz del carpintero

Synopsis of El lápiz del carpintero

In the Santiago de Compostela prison, during the summer of 1936, a painter draws the Portico of Glory with a carpenter's pencil, using his fellow Republicans as models. A guard, who will become his murderer, watches him fascinated. The story of this pencil, conductor of memories and bearer of souls, continues to this day. Manuel Rivas takes up the Spanish tragedy, the war that shook the world and marked the 20th century, but this is not just another story about the war, but about the lives of men and women on the wildest side of history, and about the power of love in the midst of despair. A novel written from today and forever.