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From the acclaimed author of The Last Unicorn comes a new, exquisitely told unicorn fable for the modern age.
Claudio Bianchi has lived alone for many years on a hillside in Southern Italy’s scenic Calabria. Set in his ways and suspicious of outsiders, Claudio has always resisted change, preferring farming and writing poetry. But one chilly morning, as though from a dream, an impossible visitor appears at the farm. When Claudio comes to her aid, an act of kindness throws his world into chaos. Suddenly he must stave off inquisitive onlookers, invasive media, and even more sinister influences.
Lyrical, gripping, and wise, In Calabria confirms Peter S. Beagle’s continuing legacy as one of fantasy’s most legendary authors.
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“Narrator Bronson Pinchot brings this fable to life with ease… Pinchot’s smooth, deep voice with just the hint of an accent helps to flesh out Claudio and the magical experience he has with the unicorn and her colt. Poetic and lyrical, Beagle’s prose has a beauty that Pinchot expertly brings out. Those who love fantasy will be quickly drawn into this magical story.”
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“Love in a world of hardship, loss, magic, and recovery.”
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“In Calabria holds the power to transform, like the touch of the unicorn at its heart.”
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“It’s punchy and frank, with a simple, direct style that mirrors Bianchi’s straightforward inner life.”
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“Beagle’s descriptions of Bianchi’s bucolic life remind me of J. R. R. Tolkien describing life in the Shire in The Lord of the Rings…There is more magic and romantic dignity in this novel, brimming with wisdom.”
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“A lovely tale of finding magic in our world and the importance of protecting it while we have it.”
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“Beagle’s kindly fable shows how a man who seems to have nothing can really have everything―with just a touch of magic.”
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“A pleasing and pastoral look at the power of forgiveness…It stays tantalizing to the end.”
— Booklist
Awards
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Kirkus Reviews “New and Notable Title” of the Month
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Barnes & Noble Pick by Booksellers
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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2017 in SF/Fantasy
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Finalist for the 2018 Locus Award for Best Novella
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Finalist for the 2018 World Fantasy Award
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About Peter S. Beagle
Peter S. Beagle has won the Hugo, Nebula, Mythopoeic, and Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire awards. He is also the recipient of the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Honor. His novel The Last Unicorn has sold a reported five million copies since its initial publication. His other novels include A Fine & Private Place, The Innkeeper’s Song, Tamsin, Summerlong, and In Calabria. His short fiction has been collected in four volumes by Tachyon Publications, including The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche, The Line Between, We Never Talk About My Brother, and Sleight of Hand.
About Bronson Pinchot
Bronson Pinchot, Audible’s Narrator of the Year for 2010, has won Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Awards, AudioFile Earphones Awards, Audible’s Book of the Year Award, and Audie Awards for several audiobooks, including Matterhorn, Wise Blood, Occupied City, and The Learners. A magna cum laude graduate of Yale, he is an Emmy- and People’s Choice-nominated veteran of movies, television, and Broadway and West End shows. His performance of Malvolio in Twelfth Night was named the highlight of the entire two-year Kennedy Center Shakespeare Festival by the Washington Post. He attended the acting programs at Shakespeare & Company and Circle-in-the-Square, logged in well over 200 episodes of television, starred or costarred in a bouquet of films, plays, musicals, and Shakespeare on Broadway and in London, and developed a passion for Greek revival architecture.