by Andrew Davidson · Canongate · ISBN 9781847671684
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After a horrific car accident which leaves him in a burns ward, the narrator meets Marianne Engel, a sculptress of gargoyles who tells him they were once lovers in medieval Germany. As she tells her tales, he finds himself drawn back to life - and, finally, to love. An extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries of time. The narrator, a contemporary cynic, recovers in a burn ward after an accident, awaiting the day he can commit suicide. Marianne Engel, a sculptress of gargoyles, appears and tells him they were lovers in medieval Germany. As she spins their tale and relates equally mesmerizing stories of deathless love in Japan, Iceland, Italy, and England, he finds himself drawn back to life--and, finally, in love.
Andrew Davidson is a Canadian novelist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Born in Pinawa, Manitoba, he graduated with a B.A. in English literature from the University of British Columbia in 1991, and worked as a teacher in Japan before returning to Canada. He has so far published just one novel, The Gargoyle, a psychological thriller about love, religion, mental illness and medieval history, for which he received an unprecedented advance of $1.25 million.
