The novel has retained its power to shock, disturb, and move readers today. Book Details Published in Toronto, Canada Edition Notes 6 Series Anansi fiction series AF 35 Classifications Library of Congress PZ4.E574 In, PR9199.3.E5 In, PR9199.3.E5 In The Physical Object Format Hardcover Pagination 172 p. Bear was first published in 1976 and won the Canadian Governor General's Award for English-language fiction. This novel by award-winning author Marian Engel works within the logic of a fever dream as the young woman comes to an even greater, and unexpected, understanding of herself. But there's more to the story than the price to be paid for forbidden passion.
She sinks her fingers into the bear's fur-and soon realizes her darkest desire is for this large, powerful animal to be her lover. Bear by Marian Engel: 9780771001642 : Books The winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, Marian Engel’s most famous and most controversial novel tells. Fascinated, Lou brings the bear into the house and slowly gains the animal's trust. In a cabin on the island, she discovers the colonel had a secret as well. Bear By: Marian Engel Narrated by: Victoria Carr Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins Language: English 4 out of 5 stars 20 ratings 14.93 or Free with 30-day Trial. "A quietly sensual, feminist story."- The New Yorker Lou, a shy and secretive young librarian is called to a remote Canadian island to inventory the estate of the recently deceased Colonel Cary. This is the story of a 27-year-old, lonely, woman who, alone on an island, who discovers an obsessive passion-one that breaks an ancient taboo and that could very well become deadly.
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