![]() ![]() Once freed Celaeno takes her revenge on Mommy Fortuna and her hunchbacked lackey, Rukh. She in turn frees all the other beasts in the carnival, even the harpy Celaeno. ![]() 'Truth and humanity shine out of the book as brightly as any of Beagle's unicorns' - StrangeHorizons. A magician named Schmendrick, part of Mommy Fortuna’s carnival troupe, sees the Unicorn for what she truly is and takes pity on her unlocking her cage in the middle of the night. Beagle outshines the moon, the sun, the stars, the entire galaxy' - Seattle Times It is fantastical, poignant, wistful and wonderous, showing us the humanity of magic, and the magic of humanity.Īvailable in the UK for the first time in decades, this edition features an introduction by Patrick Rothfuss. Forever.Ī modern fairy tale, The Last Unicorn is a beloved classic, voted by TIME as one of the 100 greatest fantasy novels of all time. If she fails, then unicorns will be lost. ![]() The road is dangerous, and the risks are great. Overhearing a chance conversation, she resolves to venture out and discover the truth. Living in peace in her lilac wood, the Unicorn didn't know the world had changed, or that anything had happened to the rest of her kind. 'If men no longer know what they are looking at, there may well be unicorns in the world yet, unknown and glad of it.' This is a novel that every writer should read and reread' - Chicago News ![]()
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