Angelica Lost And Found by Russell Hoban

In contemporary San Francisco, an aging, down-on-his-luck poet becomes convinced that the epic heroine Angelica has reentered the world in the form of a woman he meets, and his pursuit of her draws him into a comic, perilous tangle of jealous rivals, opera-house sidelines, and art-infused visions. As the imagery of Orlando Furioso—especially the hippogriff—begins to invade his reality, the borders between myth and everyday life blur, forcing him to confront desire, imagination, and the costs of yearning for the unattainable.