In Calabria will speak to each and every reader that ventures through its pages. It is a story of forgiveness and a story of love. Beagle has provided a modern incarnation of the tale, and it is a much needed bit of beauty and quiet joy. Its an ancient story, humans changing after meeting a unicorn. It is this reader’s opinion that the unicorn might be the catalyst, but Bianchi grows through his own volition. Once could say all the changes are a result of contact with the unicorn. Claudio Bianchi has lived alone for many years. In Bianchi we have a very human protagonist who shifts and changes bit by bit as the story progresses. From the acclaimed author of The Last Unicorn comes a new, exquisitely-told unicorn fable for the modern age. In Calabria is a gorgeous story shaped with elegant prose and stunning imagery. But an unexpected and impossible visitor changes everything.įor how can a person stay determinedly grumpy and insular when faced with the grace of a unicorn?īianchi’s world becomes much larger than he had ever intended or wanted with the addition of a unicorn, and he faces the reality that this is a secret that is going to resist being kept. Claudio Bianchi lives alone on his farm in Southern Italy, a self-professed grump who just wants to enjoy his little bit of land, his animals, and write his poems when the mood strikes him.
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