by Andrew Davidson · Canongate · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781847673091
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«The Gargoyle» is the novel by Andrew Davidson, published by Canongate in paperback (468 pages, in English).
After a serious car accident leaves him in the burn unit, a cynical narrator meets Marianne Engel, a sculptor of gargoyles who claims they were lovers in medieval Germany. As she tells him stories of eternal love across different times and places, he, between pain and morphine, begins to cling to life.
It was Andrew Davidson's first published work and received the Sunburst Award in the Canadian novel category in 2009.
It will appeal to readers of contemporary fiction, fantasy, historical romance and magical realism, and to book clubs.
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.
