Figures of Beauty

<p>Rich imaginative. . . . One of the best novels I've read all year.--Ross King author of <em>Leonardo and the Last Supper</em></p><p>A sensuous heartbreaking novel about art beauty and the choices we make that define us for life.</p><p>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.</p><p>A beautifully written complex and bittersweet story that spans continents and eras.--Daphne Kalotay author of <em>Russian Winter</em> and <em>Sight Reading</em></p>