{"product_id":"the-bear-9781942658702","title":"The Bear","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom National Book Award in Fiction finalist Andrew Krivak comes a gorgeous fable of Earth's last two human inhabitants, and a girl's journey home\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cautionary tale of human fragility, of love and loss, \u003ci\u003eThe Bear\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning tribute to the beauty of nature's dominion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Krivak\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two previous novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Signal Flame\u003c\/i\u003e, a Chautauqua Prize finalist, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sojourn\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award finalist and winner of both the Chautauqua Prize and Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He lives with his wife and three children in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Jaffrey, New Hampshire, in the shadow of Mount Monadnock, which inspired much of the landscape in \u003ci\u003eThe Bear\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Krivak\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bear\u003c\/i\u003e, a Mountain Book Competition winner, Massachusetts Book Award winner, and NEA Big Read selection, as well as the novels of the Dardan Trilogy: \u003ci\u003eThe Sojourn\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award finalist and winner of both the Chautauqua Prize and Dayton Literary Peace Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Signal Flame\u003c\/i\u003e, a Chautauqua Prize finalist; and \u003ci\u003eLike the Appearance of Horses\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife and three children in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Jaffrey, New Hampshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bellevue Literary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697121267986,"sku":"9781942658702","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c7eed2b1-f869-4003-ad43-a405d956796e.jpg?v=1734294840","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bear-9781942658702","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}