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Os círculos agochados da realidade emerxen como espirais de fume, en inesquecibles imaxes poéticas, pero tamén en forma de refachos de vento e chuvia, de tormentas que desvelan perturbadores segredos e vidas conmovedoras. A señora do pazo, Misia, relata como os trescentos corvos que debuxan a paisaxe do ceo son os poetas-guerreiros do último rei de Galicia. Un sacerdote, Don Xil, explícalle a unha moza campesiña, Rosa, que as pinturas das fermosísimas mulleres que se descobren nas paredes da igrexa son retratos de pecadoras. Un rato, Matacáns, cazador furtivo na súa primeira vida, é atrapado por un gato que non é outro que o gaiteiro e anarquista Arturo de Lousame. Un morcego, Gaspar, relátalle o seu suicidio a un lagarto que vai en peregrinación a San Andrés de Teixido... Todo fala. Persoas, animais e paxaros recrean a identidade universal do sentimento. Viaxan do pasado ao presente e contra a adversidade. E as súas voces, feitas de humor e tenrura, tecen esta gran novela de Manuel Rivas, agora reeditada e revisada de forma definitiva polo autor.
192 pages, Paperback
Published November 21, 2008
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Manuel Rivas
113 books248 followersManuel Rivas Barrós (born 24 October 1957 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain) is a Galician writer, poet and journalist.
Manuel Rivas Barrós began his writing career at the age of 15. He has written articles and literature essays for Spanish newspapers and television stations like Televisión de Galicia, El Ideal Gallego, La Voz de Galicia, El País, and was the sub-editor of Diario 16 in Galicia. He was a founding member of Greenpeace Spain, and played an important role during the 2002 Prestige oil spill near the Galician coast.
As of 2017, Rivas has published 9 anthologies of poetry, 14 novels and several literature essays. He is considered a revolutionary in contemporary Galician literature. His 1996 book "Que me queres, amor?", a series of sixteen short stories, was adapted by director José Luis Cuerda for his film "A lingua das bolboretas" ("Butterfly's Tongue"). His 1998 novel "O lápis do carpinteiro" ("The Carpenter's Pencil") has been published in nine countries and it is the most widely translated work in the history of Galician literature. It also was adapted to cinema as "O Lápis do Carpinteiro".
Manuel Rivas Barrós began his writing career at the age of 15. He has written articles and literature essays for Spanish newspapers and television stations like Televisión de Galicia, El Ideal Gallego, La Voz de Galicia, El País, and was the sub-editor of Diario 16 in Galicia. He was a founding member of Greenpeace Spain, and played an important role during the 2002 Prestige oil spill near the Galician coast.
As of 2017, Rivas has published 9 anthologies of poetry, 14 novels and several literature essays. He is considered a revolutionary in contemporary Galician literature. His 1996 book "Que me queres, amor?", a series of sixteen short stories, was adapted by director José Luis Cuerda for his film "A lingua das bolboretas" ("Butterfly's Tongue"). His 1998 novel "O lápis do carpinteiro" ("The Carpenter's Pencil") has been published in nine countries and it is the most widely translated work in the history of Galician literature. It also was adapted to cinema as "O Lápis do Carpinteiro".
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