The Wandering Unicorn
First edition cover art Il fantastico uinicorno (1545) by Walter Hermann Ryff | |
| Author | Manuel Mujica Lainez |
|---|---|
| Original title | El unicornio |
| Translator | Mary Fitton |
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Editorial Sudamericana (Spanish), Berkley Books (English) |
Publication date | 1965 |
| Publication place | Argentina |
Published in English | 1985 |
El unicornio (known in English as The Wandering Unicorn) is a 1965 fantasy novel by the Argentine author Manuel Mujica Lainez based on the legend of Melusine. Set in medieval France and Palestine of the Crusades, Mujica Lainez’s novel is a mixture of fantasy and romance which is narrated from the perspective of the shapeshifting Melusine.