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The Gargoyle

by Andrew Davidson
$8.90
The Gargoyle
The Gargoyle

Rebirth through love across time and burns.

"The Gargoyle" isn't just a story about surviving; it's a tale of transformation through an intertwining of history and fantasy that challenges our notion of what is real and what is imagined. If you're drawn to the idea of a love that transcends lifetimes and physical scars, this novel is a deep dive into redemption, history, and the healing power of stories themselves. As the grotesque and the beautiful collide, your perspective on love's power to change a life may be forever altered. Andrew Davidson weaves a narrative that not only grips your heart but also boldly explores the complexities of the human soul.

  • Sunburst Award for Canadian Novel (2009)
  • LovelyBooks Leserpreis Nominee for Allgemeine Literatur (2009)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Gargoyle

by Andrew Davidson
$8.90
ISBN: 9781847674302
Authors: Andrew Davidson
Publisher: Canongate
Date of Publication: 2009-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Fantasy, Contemporary, Romance, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Magical Realism, Fantasy Romance, Historical Fantasy
Goodreads rating: 3.97
(rated by 50102 readers)

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A young man is fighting for his life. Into his room walks a bewitching woman who believes she can save him. Their journey will have you believing in the impossible. The nameless and beautiful narrator of The Gargoyle is driving along a dark road when he is distracted by what seems to be a flight of arrows. He crashes into a ravine and wakes up in a burns ward, undergoing the tortures of the damned. His life is over - he is now a monster. But in fact it is only just beginning. One day, Marianne Engel, a wild and compelling sculptress of gargoyles, enters his life and tells him that they were once lovers in medieval Germany. In her telling, he was a badly burned mercenary and she was a nun and a scribe who nursed him back to health in the famed monastery of Engelthal. As she spins her tale, Scheherazade fashion, and relates equally mesmerising stories of deathless love in Japan, Greenland, Italy and England, he finds himself drawn back to life - and, finally, to love.
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Rebirth through love across time and burns.

"The Gargoyle" isn't just a story about surviving; it's a tale of transformation through an intertwining of history and fantasy that challenges our notion of what is real and what is imagined. If you're drawn to the idea of a love that transcends lifetimes and physical scars, this novel is a deep dive into redemption, history, and the healing power of stories themselves. As the grotesque and the beautiful collide, your perspective on love's power to change a life may be forever altered. Andrew Davidson weaves a narrative that not only grips your heart but also boldly explores the complexities of the human soul.

  • Sunburst Award for Canadian Novel (2009)
  • LovelyBooks Leserpreis Nominee for Allgemeine Literatur (2009)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.