Stone Virgin
Author: Unsworth, Barry
ISBN: 9780099558545
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 18 Sep 2012
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
Passionate, erotic and haunting, this is a brilliant novel by one of Britain's most important novelists.
For five hundred years a statue of the Madonna has watched over Venice. Now, dulled by time and pollution, she is prepared for restoration. As Simon Raikes immerses himself in the painstaking task of cleaning and repairing, he is inexorably drawn to the stories of violence and lust which have surrounded this stone virgin.
Simon's investigations lead him to Chiara Litsov, the wife of a renowned sculptor. A dangerous attraction develops between them and it appears inevitable that once again the stone virgin will bear witness to passion, betrayal and murder.
ISBN: 9780099558545
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 18 Sep 2012
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
Passionate, erotic and haunting, this is a brilliant novel by one of Britain's most important novelists.
For five hundred years a statue of the Madonna has watched over Venice. Now, dulled by time and pollution, she is prepared for restoration. As Simon Raikes immerses himself in the painstaking task of cleaning and repairing, he is inexorably drawn to the stories of violence and lust which have surrounded this stone virgin.
Simon's investigations lead him to Chiara Litsov, the wife of a renowned sculptor. A dangerous attraction develops between them and it appears inevitable that once again the stone virgin will bear witness to passion, betrayal and murder.
