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The Colomber
- Ecotone
- University of North Carolina, Wilmington
- Volume 7, Number 2, Spring 2012
- pp. 119-123
- 10.1353/ect.2012.0001
- Article
- Additional Information
According to Charles Baxter, the current renaissance of the “magical moralized tale” among emerging American writers owes a debt to this little-known Italian master. His fable of seafaring and mythical sharks, equally enjoyable for children and adults, provides an antidote for our fear-saturated world.