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The Bear
Author: Andrew Krivak Read by: Eric Jason Martin Genre: Fiction, Dystopian & Literary Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press Release Year: 2020 Length: 224 pages / 4 hours
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.
Author: Andrew Krivak Read by: Eric Jason Martin Genre: Fiction, Dystopian & Literary Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press Release Year: 2020 Length: 224 pages / 4 hours
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.
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"[A] tender apocalyptic fable . . . endowed with such fullness of meaning that you have to assign this short, touching book its own category: the post-apocalypse utopia."
— Wall Street Journal |
"Refreshing. . . . A simple story written with an unflinching but compassionate voice, Krivak’s tale should be thoughtfully savored while it slowly winds its way into your moral conscience."
— Kyle Evans | Springfield-Greene County Library |
A Letter from Hoopla Book Club: "Why We Love The Bear"
Libraries Transform Book Pick
ALA, American Library Association Libraries Transform Book Pick is a digital reading program that connects readers nationwide by offering free access to the same ebook through public libraries.Through the OverDrive or Libby online service, patrons will have access to the Book of the Little Axe, September 14-28, 2020 with no hold or wait times. This title is also always available on Hoopla. Follow the Libraries Transform Book Pick on Facebook and Twitter and join in the discussion on social media using the hashtag #LTBookPick.
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