In Calabria

Beagle is known mostly for "The Last Unicorn". Here is another book about unicorns, written just two years ago. This one takes place in present day Italy. While it is not fantastical like "The Last Unicorn", e.g., the unicorns don't speak, it introduces the magical into the everyday humdrum of rural life. It is also a love story between and middle-aged farmer and the twenty-three-year-old sister of his postman. I loved this book. It transported me to Italy about as much as "Call Me By Your Name". I could identify with the farmer whose pragmatic disposition tries to suppress his feelings for the young woman. I could feel the suffocation he felt as he was barraged by news and paparazzi. I felt a lot in this short book, which why I rated it so highly.

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