The Bear by Andrew Krivak audiobook

The Bear

By Andrew Krivak
Read by Eric Jason Martin

Highbridge Audio 9781942658702

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9781665180207

  • ISBN: 9781665180214

Runtime: 4.01 Hours
Category: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

Finalist for the 2021 Chautauqua Prize

Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize

Winner of the Banff Mountain Book Competition

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.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“A beautiful, gripping, thought-provoking exploration of human rewilding and nature’s dominion.” Winnipeg Free Press (Canada)
“A powerful allegory about the struggles and graces of life.” America magazine
“A transcendent journey into a world where all living things―humans, animals, trees―coexist in magical balance, forever telling each other’s unique stories. This beautiful and elegant novel is a gem.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Reviews

Author

Author Bio: Andrew Krivak

Author Bio: Andrew Krivak

Andrew Krivak is the author of two previous novels: The Signal Flame, a Chautauqua Prize finalist, and The Sojourn, a National Book Award finalist and winner of both the Chautauqua Prize and Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He lives with his wife and children in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, in the shadow of Mount Monadnock, which inspired much of the landscape in The Bear.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Fiction
Runtime: 4.01
Audience: Adult
Language: English