--- product_id: 17280406 title: "Stone Virgin" brand: "w. w. norton & company, inc." price: "₹ 3909" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 category: "Book" url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/17280406-stone-virgin store_origin: IN region: India --- # Stone Virgin **Brand:** w. w. norton & company, inc. **Price:** ₹ 3909 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Stone Virgin by w. w. norton & company, inc. - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 3909 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/17280406-stone-virgin) ## Best For - w. w. norton & company, inc. enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted w. w. norton & company, inc. brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Stone Virgin ## Images ![Stone Virgin - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41NpQCtTVKL.jpg) ![Stone Virgin - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31rhN1rECUL.jpg) ![Stone Virgin - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/514ZgrUAf2L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐ Venice preserved . . . but not brought to life *by R***E on Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2005* A disappointment after Unsworth's  SACRED HUNGER . A British restorer works on an early quattrocento Madonna on a Venetian church. In doing so, he becomes psychically complicit in the unknown sculptor's passion for his original model, and eventually physically involved with the model (and wife) of a contemporary sculptor who is later found dead. The three parallel stories dealing with the various periods (1432, 1793, and 1972) interleave but do not truly interlock. Fortunately, more time is spent on the modern story than the two earlier ones, which are told in an epistolary style that never catches fire. Unsworth's descriptions of Venice and its lagoon nicely catch its character, especially in the less visited areas, and his unfolding of the art-historical mystery is not without interest. But the people in the book seem created to animate their setting as in a Canaletto canvas, rather than leading independent lives on their own.There are other novels which weave a fiction around real or imagined works of art, such as Tracy Chevalier's  GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING  and Iain Pears'  THE RAPHAEL AFFAIR . Both these authors also wrote books set in multiple historical periods: Chevalier's  THE VIRGIN BLUE  and Pears' masterpiece  THE DREAM OF SCIPIO . All of these belong to the 1990s. Published in 1986, Unsworth's book seems a comparatively early example of such trends in what one might call the quasi-erudite popular novel. Though not challenging either Chevalier or Pears at their best, THE STONE VIRGIN easily eclipses most other derivatives of the genre, such as Dan Brown's dreadful THE DA VINCI CODE or the entire oeuvre of Arturo Pérez-Reverte.Finally, a quibble. I suppose it was inevitable that Norton should have put a sculpture on the paperback cover, but I believe that the one they chose is a couple of centuries too late to be the one in the book! ### ⭐ Stone Virgin Left Me Stone Cold *by L***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2012* Stone Virgin is trash -- high-level trash, but trash nonetheless. The title character, a madonna statue, is incidental to the story, and the author plagiarizes "The Agony & The Ecstasy" to reveal that the sculptor saw the finished statue already in the piece of marble, just as Michaelangelo saw the statue of David within the large piece of marble in the earlier Irving Stone novel. The three female characters in the novel, in three time periods are anything but virgins, and seem to be sexually insatiable. Their three male partners in the novel seem to walk around with a constant erection. I found the extensive use of untranslated Italian, obviously to provide authenticity, a major turn-off. And finally, I marveled at how the author turned what is arguably the most beautiful city in the world, Venice, into a filthy, polluted cess pool of toxic atmosphere and toxic water. The entire story is contrived, derivative and pointless. ### ⭐⭐⭐ 3 1/2 stars: great premise, not delivered *by J***Y on Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2020* I’ve been turning to books that have been on my shelf seemingly forever. This was one such.The location, the plot summary and the premise was what attracted me to buy this initially, along with a vague sense of the supernatural. I also like Barry Unsworths writing style.In the end this was about 2/3 of a very disjointed book, which left many loose ends and didn’t seem to use the mystery and elusiveness of Venice to any great advantage. It also had bits and pieces of historical flashbacks that were vaguely intriguing but didn’t seem to add much. The historical flashback conceit has gotten tiresomely prevalent since this was published in 1985. Some have done it well. This wasn’t done particularly well, unfortunately.There’s always something you learn or find intriguing from novels like this. But I’m not sure I can recommend this one. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/17280406-stone-virgin](https://www.desertcart.in/products/17280406-stone-virgin) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*