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Bear : a Novel by Marian Engel; With an afterw. by Aritha van Herk is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Bear : a Novel about?
After five years buried like a mole amid the decaying maps and manuscripts of an historical institute, Lou is given a welcome field assignment: to catalogue a nineteenth-century library, improbably located in an octagonal house on a remote island in northern Ontario. Eager to reconstruct the estate’s curious history, she is unprepared for her discovery that the island has one other inhabitant: a bear. Lou’s imagination is soon overtaken by the estate’s historical occupants, whose fascination wit
Who reads Bear : a Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Marian Engel; With an afterw. by Aritha van Herk
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart Ltd
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780771030802
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Children'S, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.5 / 5 (51 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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