Unicorn Fever
The Atlantic|May 2018

The mythical creature rises in uncertain times.

Madeleine Schwartz
Unicorn Fever

SOMETIME in 2016, as Germany was reeling from disagreements over migration, politics, and national identity, the country received a magical visitor. The unicorn appeared on hats, liqueur bottles, cereal boxes, condom wrappers. By last summer, it seemed as much a part of the German landscape as bratwurst.

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