Phantastes Sheed & Ward the first novel in Ignazio

the first novel in Ignazio Silone’s celebrated Abruzzo Trilogy

always distinguishing

that God may reign over all

Naughton | Afterword by Jonathan Reyes

Phantastes Sheed & Ward the first novel in IgnazioBy George MacDonald Phantastes tells the tale of Anodos, who inherits a key from his father and finds in the drawer to which it goes an ancient fairy who gives him a glimpse of Fairy Land. The next morning, Anados awakes to find his bedroom taking form of a glorious wood and thus begins his adventures in Fairy Land. In this remarkable, quixotic fairytale, George MacDonald weaves intricate narratives as his protagonist combats tree spirits and his