Talk:The Carpenter's Pencil

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The article seems to be based on the movie rather than the book. Here are some differences:

1. Herbal has been in love with Marisa since childhood, even although she doesn't even knows him. For this reason he feels envy for De Barca, even although Herval saves De Barca's life in more than one ocassion, compelled by the pintor's ghost who talks to him through the carpenter's pencil that Herval keeps behind his ear. Herval's obsesion with Marisa and his "conversations" with the pintor's ghost become the unifiying thread throughout the story.
2. Marisa's father and cousin are never mentioned in the book, neither are his intentions to marry her with a Falanxist. De Barca nevers tell Marisa to move on with her life, and actually they get married by proxy while he's still in jail.
3. De Barca meets Dr Solans and Mother Izarne at different places. Solans works at la Coruña prison, while Izarne runs an asylum for tuberculosis prisoners in Valencia, where De Barca is transferred after the war. De Barca is beaten by the police after it's discovered he is still leading a resistence group from the prison, and is sent to a prison in a Galician island. During the transfer he and Marisa meet in the train he and convinces the guard (with Herval's unexpected help) to allow them have their wedding night at a hotel in Lugo.
4. The part about Marisa's father letters is nowhere mentioned in the book. Marisa meets Benito (who is actually his grandfather) and he agrees not to interfere with her wishes. At the end of the book Hervals tell that De Barca got out of prison in the 50s and moved with Marisa to Mexico, where they have one son and one daugther and many grandsons. De Barca and Marisa came back to Spain after Franco's death, and the story ends with Herval reading De Barca's obituary on the local newspaper.
5. Herval's brother-in-law doesn't work at the prison. It's mentioned he is killed by Herval, but this happens by the end of the story. Herval doesn't die at the end of the book.

So, I recommend the person who wrote the article to somewhere mention that the plot given is takan from the movie rather than the book.

I've never heard of this novel before, but you seem to know it quite well. Why not be bold and modify the plot section so it is about the novel and not the film. Astronaut (talk) 12:45, 21 August 2010 (UTC)