You're right: it's his second-to-last book, and the last published before he died. (The last was published posthumously.) Sometimes a book and a person and a time interlock, and that one did, for me, when I read it.
What's its not-called-heaven like?
"But--what is this place?" Lidi pressed. "How did we get here?"
"You went though the threads," Ferramondo said. "as I told Pompadoro--go beyond the threads and everything's possible. Here? Quite a remarkable place, altogether fascinating. You'll be amazed at what there is to see and do. I doubt that anyone's come to the end of it. But you'll want to find that out for yourselves."
Daniella, frisking with the cat, had come to Ferramondo. "Are there piggies, too?"
"Of course," Ferramondo said. "All the animals. You've met my donkey, Aceto--he got here before I did and the dear old fellow waited for me. Pistachio and I arrived together. Go along with them. They'll show you whatever you like."
The Rope Trick
What's its not-called-heaven like?
"But--what is this place?" Lidi pressed. "How did we get here?"
"You went though the threads," Ferramondo said. "as I told Pompadoro--go beyond the threads and everything's possible. Here? Quite a remarkable place, altogether fascinating. You'll be amazed at what there is to see and do. I doubt that anyone's come to the end of it. But you'll want to find that out for yourselves."
Daniella, frisking with the cat, had come to Ferramondo. "Are there piggies, too?"
"Of course," Ferramondo said. "All the animals. You've met my donkey, Aceto--he got here before I did and the dear old fellow waited for me. Pistachio and I arrived together. Go along with them. They'll show you whatever you like."