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Controversial, unsettling, shocking. In a cabin on the island, she discovers the colonel had a secret as well. A bear is chained inside. 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.
Why the classic Canadian novel Bear remains controversial — and relevant
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Marian Engel's novel Bear , which tells the story of a relationship between a woman and her ursine lover, has been called one of the most controversial books in the history of Canadian literature. But experts say the Governor General Award-winning book is also one of the most daring and relevant examples in the Canadian canon, deftly mixing comedic scenes with important themes such as colonialism and our relationship to the wilderness. One expert says it also touches on the issue of Western appropriation of Indigenous stories. But that is not why it has enduring value," said Aritha van Herk, a novelist and English professor at the University of Calgary. Bear is the story of a young librarian and archivist named Lou, who is asked to help catalogue the library of an old manor in Northern Ontario.
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