The Bear, Andrew Krivak
The Bear, Andrew Krivak
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The Bear

Author: Andrew Krivak

Narrator: Eric Jason Martin

Unabridged: 4 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/11/2020

Synopsis

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.

About Andrew Krivak

Andrew Krivak is the author of The Bear, a Mountain Book Competition winner, Massachusetts Book Award winner, and NEA Big Read selection, as well as the novels of the Dardan Trilogy: The Sojourn, a National Book Award finalist and winner of both the Chautauqua Prize and Dayton Literary Peace Prize; The Signal Flame, a Chautauqua Prize finalist; and Like the Appearance of Horses. He lives with his wife and three children in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Jaffrey, New Hampshire.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Angela M on December 30, 2019

A fable, an ominous tale for the human race, one that leaves us not knowing what the thing was that spares the beauty and bounty of nature, but no human beings save for a man and his young daughter. The beautiful writing and a story that held me, had me reading this in one day. I wasn’t surprised. I......more

Goodreads review by Karen on January 06, 2020

A beautiful story! A young girl and her father are the last remaining humans. They live in a post apocalyptic world in the shadow of a lone mountain..where nature is full of animals and vegetation. The father teaches the daughter how to make hunting tools and how to hunt.. how to make clothing and fo......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on October 01, 2023

New Hampshire Humanities BIG READ event this year, 2023, is the discussion of Author Andrew Krivak’s “The Bear”. The local librarian is enthusiastically encouraging us to join in the BIG READ. Well, how could I say no? I thoroughly enjoyed Krivak’s 2017 “The Signal Flame”, finding it a 5-star read. L......more

Goodreads review by Canadian Jen on June 27, 2020

The beauty of this story is in its simplicity. It’s the end of civilization. Only a daughter and father exist and are the last survivors in the world. They live on a mountain and the father prepares her for adulthood and the survival skills required. Once she finds she is alone however, a bear leads he......more

Goodreads review by Thibault on October 25, 2023

Thanks to my Goodreads friend Barbara for putting this story on my radar. A man and his daughter are the last two people on earth. The man reminisces about everything that was lost, including the girl’s mother. But even though his thoughts are in the past, he has a job to do in the present. He needs......more

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