The Slow Elephants of Milan

A man and woman on a road trip make an unplanned detour to Laar, an empty city of palaces and canals that may be no city at all. Two gaucho rebels are captured during war - one finds freedom in writing stories while the other is driven mad with envy. And a traveller in post-war Italy is inspired, almost against his will, to record the mysterious progress of two elephants through the foggy streets of Milan. In twelve short fictions threaded together by an insatiable curiosity about time, memory, art, and the divine, Angel Bonomini (The Novices of Lerna) explores 'the sweet and subtle interrelations of things.' Originally published in 1978 and appearing in English for the first time, SLOW ELEPHANTS OF MILAN is an indispensable addition to our literature of the strange and fantastic.