Stone Virgin
In its romantic and dangerous tour of history, Barry Unsworth's Stone Virgin rivals A. S. Byatt's Possession.A mysterious sculpture of a beautiful and erotic Madonna holds the key to the Fornarini family's secrets. When Raikes, a conservation expert, tries to restore her, he is swept under...
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In its romantic and dangerous tour of history, Barry Unsworth's Stone Virgin rivals A. S. Byatt's Possession.A mysterious sculpture of a beautiful and erotic Madonna holds the key to the Fornarini family's secrets. When Raikes, a conservation expert, tries to restore her, he is swept under the statue's spell and swept under the spell of the seductive Chiara Litsov, a member of the Fornarini family now married to a famous sculptor. Raikes finds himself losing all moral grounding as his love for statue and woman intertwine in lust and murder.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393313093 (0393313093)
Publish date: June 17th 1995
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 309
Edition language: English
bookshelves: one-penny-wonder, published-1985, venice, autumn-2013, bedside, lit-richer, under-500-ratings, italy, historical-fiction, art-forms, mystery-thriller Read from September 04 to 20, 2013 PerthMy hardback version has a different isbn: 9780241115305Cover artwork by David SeniorOpening: ...
PerthMy hardback version has a different isbn: 9780241115305Cover artwork by David SeniorOpening: He brings me writing materials without asking for money but he does not speak, I cannot be sure what his motives are, whether he has seen my worth and wishes sincerely to help me or whether he is merel...
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