{"product_id":"the-figures-of-beauty-9780062307187","title":"The Figures of Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Rich, imaginative. . . . One of the best novels I've read all year.\"--Ross King, author of \u003cem\u003eLeonardo and the Last Supper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sensuous, heartbreaking novel about art, beauty, and the choices we make that define us for life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A beautifully written, complex, and bittersweet story that spans continents and eras.\"--Daphne Kalotay, author of \u003cem\u003eRussian Winter\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSight Reading\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062307187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"David MacFarlane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42530985377973,"sku":"9780062307187","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3b89b0c9-e860-48ab-8db6-0e3de97900a6.jpg?v=1669734665","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-figures-of-beauty-9780062307187","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}