The Bear: A Novel - Couverture rigide

Cameron, Claire

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 031623012X ISBN 13 : 9780316230124

Editeur : Little, Brown and Company, 2014

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction

PRAISE FOR THE BEAR:

"A gripping survival thriller...Cameron unspools the adventure in Anna's twitchy voice, heightening the tension as the youngsters battle storms, cold, hunger and fear...But this agonizing odyssey of loss and being lost has humor...The book's anguished yet hopeful ending provides a touching terminus...This expertly crafted novel could do for camping what Jaws did for swimming."―Richard Eisenberg, People (4 out of 4 stars)

"A page turner...Like Emma Donoghue's Room...The Bear creates suspense out of the gap between what Anna knows and what the reader suspects...The story is laced with humor and moments of joy and triumph as well as fear and sorrow...So gripping that it is hard to put the novel down."―Margaret Quamme, Columbus Dispatch

"Read this book in one sitting...Taut and engrossing...Cameron proves masterly in the creation of a child's fractured world view, as familiar as it is unexpected, as observant as it is naive...Cameron's resonant plot and Anna's unforgettable voice add up to a novel destined to stay with you long after you've chewed through it."―Jared Bland, The Globe and Mail

"Visceral...Cameron reminds us how tenuous is our mastery of the natural world."―Christine Fischer Guy, The Millions

"A gut-wrenching trip through the Canadian wilderness with a 5-year-old as your guide, a roller coaster of emotions...Heart-wrenching...I had to force myself to slow down and not race through pages...Cameron does an exquisite job with Anna's story...Very engaging. Bittersweet, and lovely. If you liked the childlike voice of Room, you'll be captivated here."―Kelly Konrad, Chicago Now

"A vividly portrayed wilderness ordeal...all seen through the eyes of a child...Uplifting."―Publishers Weekly, "Pick of the Week"

"A slam-bang opening...Scary...Darkly funny...Touching...Harrowing but ultimately hopeful."―Kirkus Reviews

"Harrowing...A sort of youngster stream of consciousness...Touchingly voiced courageousness...From the conception to the execution, the book is an exploration of anguish from a child's point of view, shaded and shaped by Cameron."―Eloise Kinney, Booklist

"The concerns of the young narrator - being good, remaining brave when her parents and her teddy bear are gone, how annoying her brother is - are an engaging, focused lens through which to view events in the novel...This is a fast, compelling read for nature lovers."―Gwen Vredevoogd, Library Journal (Starred Review)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A powerful suspense story narrated by a young girl who must fend for herself and her little brother after a brutal bear attack

While camping with her family on a remote island, five-year-old Anna awakes in the night to the sound of her mother screaming. A rogue black bear, three hundred pounds of fury, is attacking the family's campsite -- and pouncing on her parents as prey.

At her dying mother's faint urging, Anna manages to get her brother into the family's canoe and paddle away. But when the canoe runs aground on the edge of the woods, the sister and brother must battle hunger, the elements, and a wilderness alive with danger. Lost and completely alone, they find that their only hope resides in Anna's heartbreaking love for her family, and her struggle to be brave when nothing in her world seems safe anymore.

This is a story with a small narrator and a big heart. Cameron gracefully plumbs Anna's young perspective on family, responsibility, and hope, charting both a tragically premature loss of innocence and a startling evolution as Anna reasons through the impossible situations that confront her.

Lean and confident, and told in the innocent and honest voice of a five-year-old, THE BEAR is a transporting tale of loss -- but also a poignant and surprisingly funny adventure about love and the raw instincts that enable us to survive.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Little, Brown and Company
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 031623012X
• ISBN 13: 9780316230124
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240