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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Author(s)Barry Unsworth
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
ISBN / ASIN0393313093
ISBN-139780393313093
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank1,194,838
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸