<div>&#8220;Rich, imaginative. . . . One of the best novels I&#8217;ve read all year.&#8221;&#8212;Ross King, author of Leonardo and the Last SupperA sensuous, heartbreaking novel about art, beauty, and the choices we make that define us for life.In 1968 a young man travels to Paris, where a series of unlikely events takes him to a tiny village in Italy&#8212;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&#8217;s life and, ultimately, sets in motion each of these stories, which David Macfarlane masterfully shapes into a magnificent whole.&#8220;A beautifully written, complex, and bittersweet story that spans continents and eras.&#8221;&#8212;Daphne Kalotay, author of Russian Winter and Sight Reading</div>

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The Figures of Beauty

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