All Is Silence
  • Published: 2 May 2013
  • ISBN: 9781448156009
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

All Is Silence

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2 May 2013
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Manuel Rivas delivers a literary masterpiece about three young friends growing up in a community which is bound by a conspiracy of silence

Manuel Rivas delivers a literary masterpiece about three young friends growing up in a community which is bound by a conspiracy of silence


Fins and Brinco are best friends, and they both adore the wild and beautiful Leda. The three young friends spend their days exploring the dunes and picking through the treasures that the sea washes on to the shores of Galicia. One day, as they are playing in the abandoned school on the edge of the village, they come across treasure of another kind: a huge cache of whisky hidden under a sheet. But before they can exploit their discovery a shot rings out, and a man wearing an impeccable white suit and panama hat enters the room. That day they learn the most important lesson of all, that the mouth is for keeping quiet.
  • Published: 2 May 2013
  • ISBN: 9781448156009
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256
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About the author

Manuel Rivas

Manuel Rivas was born in Coruña in 1957, and writes in the Galician language of north-west Spain. He is well known 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 work has been translated into more than twenty languages.

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Also by Manuel Rivas

The Last Days of Terranova
The Low Voices
Butterfly's Tongue
Books Burn Badly
Vermeer's Milkmaid
In The Wilderness
Carpenter's Pencil
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Praise for All Is Silence

An energetic - and energising - writer

Sunday Business Post (Ireland)

[A] haunting, poetic novel

Michael Kerrigan, Guardian

One of the finest tours de force published anywhere, in any language

Eileen Battersby, Irish Times

In this haunting, wonderfully poetic novel, Rivas gives us eloquent warning that what starts as fearful silence may end up as an incapacity to speak

Michael Kerrigan, Guardian

Manuel Rivas is the best writer in Spain today. All Is Silence is a thoughtful, penetrating and haunting book whose poetic resonance lingers long after you turn the final page.

Jason Webster

Rivas magically immerses us in the labyrinth of saudade, illuminating paths that show us the way to paradise lost.

El País

Rivas, ably translated here by Jonathan Dunne, combines a lyric gift, full of rich imagery and a touch of fantasy, with bald, direct prose

Independent

With his latest novel, we regain the pleasure of reading once more.

El Imparcial