![]() Reminiscent of Le Guin’s Earthsea, Beagle’s style takes you to a place where fairy tales are real, where myth comes to life and where immortal beings don’t behave like your next-door neighbour. ![]() Together they make their way to King Haggard’s castle to confront the dreaded Red Bull and save the other unicorns. On the way, she meets Schmendrick, the magician, whose magic rarely works, and Molly Grue, who has waited her whole life to meet a unicorn. The last unicorn leaves the safety of her forest to find out what happened to the rest of her kind. ![]() But – and that’s an important but – the book made me fall in love with this fairy tale even more.įirst sentence: The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. ![]() I have grown up with the beautifully animated movie and fallen in love with the story, the music and the myth surrounding Beagle’s unicorn. This is one of those books that are more famous for their movie adapation. ![]()
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