The Figures of Beauty - A Novel

"Rich, imaginative. . . . One of the best novels I''ve read all year."--Ross King, author of Leonardo and the Last Supper A sensuous, heartbreaking novel about art, beauty, and the choices we make that define us for life. In 1968 a young man travels to Paris, where a series of unlikely events takes him to a tiny village in Italy--and to the one great love of his life. A marble merchant meets a couple on their honeymoon, introducing them to the sensual beauty of Carrara. An Italian woman arrives in Canada to find the father she never knew. A terrible accident in a marble quarry changes the course of a young boy''s life and, ultimately, sets in motion each of these stories, which David Macfarlane masterfully shapes into a magnificent whole. "A beautifully written, complex, and bittersweet story that spans continents and eras."--Daphne Kalotay, author of Russian Winter and Sight Reading

Product details

• Authors: David Macfarlane
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9780062307187
• ISBN: 978-0-06-230718-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, FICTION: Romance / Paranormal / General, FICTION: Romance / Suspense, FICTION: Romance / Western, FICTION: Sagas, FICTION: Romance / Workplace, FICTION: Romance / Military, FICTION: Romance / Billionaires, FICTION: Romance / Erotic