The Bear [electronic resource]
Andrew Krivak2020
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From National Book Award in Fiction finalist Andrew Krivak comes a gorgeous
fable of Earth’s last two human inhabitants, and a girl’s journey home
In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow
of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a
pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how
to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her
for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last of humankind. But
when the girl finds herself alone in an unknown landscape, it is a bear that
will lead her back home through a vast wilderness that offers the greatest
lessons of all, if she can only learn to listen.
A cautionary tale of human fragility, of love and loss, The Bear is a stunning
tribute to the beauty of nature’s dominion.
Andrew Krivak is the author of two previous novels: The Signal Flame, a
Chautauqua Prize finalist, and The So...
Main title:
The Bear [electronic resource] / Andrew Krivak
Author:
Andrew Krivak, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Bellevue Literary Press, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: pdfMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781942658719
Language:
English
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BRN:
450344
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