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The Bear
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 4 hrs
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Summary
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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- Gerry
- 17-07-24
Breathtakingly beautiful
Wonderful, poignant, inspiring and beautiful. A truly remarkable story. It was a pleasure to read.
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- Selly
- 08-03-24
Sad but lovely story
Similar to the road but not as brutal- but still a good listen. Quite enjoyable
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- cjf
- 24-01-24
A haunting and beautiful piece of writing
This novella should be depressing, given its subject matter, but it is a powerful meditation on what it means to be alive and a part of rather than apart from the web of life on earth; it is ultimately uplifting despite being a timely warning.. The writing is ecomonical but lyrical and I loved the level of detail about plants, animals and daily life for the man and the girl. This book deserves to be more widely known and I highly recommend it. The narrator’s pace was a bit brisk for my liking but it didn’t affect my enjoyment significantly.
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- Mackenzie Bianco
- 02-01-23
Lovely story
A short, and somehow sweet dystopian novel that’s more of an ode to nature and the seasons than is typical of post-human stories. Enjoyed the allegorical symbolism and how the story itself captured the rhythm of the seasons.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-01-24
Beautiful and moving
This is such an unexpected gem. It is like The Road (moving and lyrical, but less scary) meets The Education of Little Tree meets postapocalypse meets nature folklore. I loved this from the beginning to the end.
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- Sometimes it's a Zebra 🦓
- 07-03-24
The Bear
😴😴😴 Boring 👎
For such a short story it sure went on a looong time, even though I was listening at 2.5 speed.
The vast majority of this book is the minutiae of how to make different protective wear or hunting tools from various materials.
The remainder of the book is trite, contrived garble.
I assume this is a children's book so I'm clearly not in the target age range so maybe it's not fair for me to rate and review this?!
Although I don't think kids would find this any more interesting than I do! 🤷
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