by Andrew Davidson · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781847671691
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«The Gargoyle» is Andrew Davidson's debut novel, published by Canongate Books in paperback (501 pages, in English).
After an accident that leaves him with severe burns, a cynical man meets Marianne Engel, a sculptor of gargoyles, in the hospital. She claims they were lovers in medieval Germany and tells him stories of eternal love in Japan, Iceland, Italy and England while he falls into morphine addiction and she must complete twenty-seven sculptures.
For readers of contemporary fiction who appreciate love stories with a historical background and fantastical elements.
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.
