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1、THELASTUNICORNPeterS.BeagleFlyleaf:AFineandPrivatePlace,PeaterBeagle'sfirstbook,waswrittenbeforehewastwenty."Amostunusualnovel,"VirgiliaPetersonsaidinherreview,"Byayoungmanwhoseemstobeagenuinenonconformist...armedalreadywiththewrynessofexperiencebutbraveenoughstilltoventurewherema
2、nyofhiseldersmightwellfeartotread."Inhissecondnovelthisinventive,originalwriter--stillunderthirty--venturesstillfurther,intotheliterallyfantastic,literallyfabulousworldoffairytale,myth,dream,nightmare.Truetotradition,TheLastUnicornisthestoryofaquest,thesearchbytheunicorn--immortal
3、,infinitelybeautiful--forherlostfellows.Earlyon,sheisjoinedbySchmendricktheMagician--anamepointingtothelowcomedythatsurprisingly(thoughalsotraditionally)coexistsherewithterror,pathos,tenderness,paradox,andwit,andfrequentpassageswheretheproseburstsintosongandintopoetryitself.Akindo
4、fupside-downMerlin,Schmendrickislookingforsomethingforhimselftoo,hislifeperhaps.MollyGrue,thethirdofthetravelers,seemssimplytoembodyeverywomanlytrait.Afterarichlyentertainingvarietyofadventures--withsplendid,quirkycharacters--thesearchreachesitsclimaxatthecastleofevilKingHaggard,w
5、heretheterrifyingRedBullisencounteredandwherethehandsomePrinceLírplayshispredestinedrole.LikeTolkien'sTheLordoftheRings,thisodd,evocative,andbrilliantbookutilizesanimaginaryworldtoconnectprofoundlywiththerealquestionsandaspirationsofthoughtfulandsensitivereaders.TheLastUnicornmayw
6、elljointhatwidelyreadmasterpieceasabookthatspeakswithamysteriousbuttangibleresonancetoareceptiveaudience.Copyright1968byPeterS.Beagle.Allrightsreserved.Firstpublishedin1968byTheVikingPress,Inc.625MadisonAvenue,NewYork,N.Y.10022PublishedsimultaneouslyinCanadabyTheMacmillanCompanyof
7、CanadaLimitedLibraryofCongresscatalogcardnumber:68-16075PRINTEDINU.S.A.V1.0.1.20060127-2207TothememoryofDr.OlfertDapper,whosawawildunicornintheMainewoodsin1673,andforRobertNathan,whohasseenoneortwoinLosAngelesTHELASTUNICORNITheunicornlivedinalilacwood,andshelivedallalone.Shewasver
8、yold,thoughshedidnotknowit,andshe
