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Title	:	The Gargoyle
Author	:	Andrew Davidson
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 465 pages
Published	:	August 5th 2008 by Doubleday (first published 2008)
Categories	:	Fiction. Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance

The Gargoyle Hardcover | Pages: 465 pages

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An extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries of time. The narrator of The Gargoyle is a very contemporary cynic, physically beautiful and sexually adept, who dwells in the moral vacuum that is modern life. As the book opens, he is driving along a dark road when he is distracted by what seems to be a flight of arrows. He crashes into a ravine and suffers horrible burns over much of his body. As he recovers in a burn ward, undergoing the tortures of the damned, he awaits the day when he can leave the hospital and commit carefully planned suicide—for he is now a monster in appearance as well as in soul. A beautiful and compelling, but clearly unhinged, sculptress of gargoyles by the name of Marianne Engel appears at the foot of his bed and insists that they were once lovers in medieval Germany. In her telling, he was a badly injured mercenary and she was a nun and scribe in the famed monastery of Engelthal who nursed him back to health. As she spins their tale in Scheherazade fashion and relates equally mesmerizing stories of deathless love in Japan, Iceland, Italy, and England, he finds himself drawn back to life—and, finally, in love. He is released into Marianne's care and takes up residence in her huge stone house. But all is not well. For one thing, the pull of his past sins becomes ever more powerful as the morphine he is prescribed becomes ever more addictive. For another, Marianne receives word from God that she has only twenty-seven sculptures left to complete—and her time on earth will be finished. Already an international literary sensation, the Gargoyle is an Inferno for our time. It will have you believing in the impossible.

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Original Title:	The Gargoyle
ISBN:	0385524943 (ISBN13: 9780385524940)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Marianne Engel
Setting:	North America Germany Japan …more England Italy Iceland …less
Literary Awards:	Sunburst Award for Canadian Novel (2009)

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Serendipity. I like that word. It means: luck that takes the form of finding valuable or pleasant things that are not looked for. The Gargoyle was such a pleasant surprise. I admit that I bought this book for the cover. First for the beautiful tattoo on the woman's back and second for the title. I figured that the flaming red heart indicated a love story and I was ready for that. I read stories of vampires and wearwolfs and zombies throughout the year. I was ready for a gargoyle story. I

This is a most unusual tale. It is the love story of a severely burned ex-porn star and a schizophrenic sculptor on it's surface. Which is interesting enough--both are lovably flawed fascinating characters in their on right. But soon the other stories, spanning centuries, begin. Each is a heartbreaking yet uplifting story of love. All are told in language I can only call magical--I found myself often stopping to re-read sections because I wanted to savor their beauty a bit longer. Reading this

** 2"Forgive me Father for I am dumb" STARS**Okay, I know I said I wasn't going to write a review, but God *beep* it, this book left me confused, defeated & feeling like a royal idiot. I couldn't wait for Carla to finish because she had some splanin to do. Um yeah, that conversation went something like this . . . . . Yup, neither one of us understood the ending. We went from riding the short bus, to pushing it. There are two main plot points that didn't add up & it's driving me crazy.

What a book! I thought okay so an odd storyline when I heard about it. But my book group was saying it was so good that I thought I would give it a try and I'm soooo glad that I did. This book makes you glad to be a reader. For me it brought stories and that love of a really really good book to life again. I am about halfway through it and I keep making me put it down because I dread it ending. Andrew Davidson has written a gift for the reading world. His stories sweep you up and place you there

Buddy read with Roya and then Charlie! ^^This book is a tale of tales. If you are like me and you have to prepare your mindset before diving into such stories, consider yourselves warned! Dont worry, the plot isnt complicated to follow. It took me a whole year to finish it, since I wasnt prepared, and The Gargoyle isnt the type of book I usually pick to read. Also, both my friends finished it very quickly and falling behind, I lost some of my motivation.The Gargoyle is an odd, intriguing book, a

(Dd 11/03/2017) A one wonderful story, twisted of a plethora of entangled tales. I love this book, it leaves an incredibly warm afterfeeling to the reader. Get ready to get enamoured with this fantastic tale. A tale that invokes such vivid imagery that it's almost painful to read. An excruciating fairy tale exploring the gossamer of tears and bliss, of fears and hopes. The lore and the subconcious are entangled to create a memorable exploration of a soul's journey through eternity. (Dd

The Gargoyle moves you to want to be in love and to NEVER want to be in love. Love is suffering, love is bliss. Davidson has penned a beautiful book full of love, meaning, and intelligence. It's not often that a person can learn history,religion and culture in a book about love. Oh and he threw in burn procedures, yes BURN procedures in a book about love, somehow it seems fitting. Wait, I think I forgot to mention there are language translations too. I do realize a lot of people run from