
Bear
by Marian Engel
Taste attributes: dramapsychologicalsexfresh & originalunsavourylinearglossytroubled leadscomplex relationshipunlikely connections
Boxlist takeExpect an unsavoury, glossy novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like polish over grit.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
Lou is a lonely librarian who spends her days in the dusty archives of the Historical Institute. When an unusual field assignment comes her way, she jumps at the chance to travel to a remote island in northern Ontario, where she will spend the summer cataloguing a library that belonged to an eccentric 19th-century colonel.
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- Author
- Marian Engel
- Published
- 1976
- Pages
- 141
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- Open Library
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