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The Bear

By: Andrew Krivak
Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
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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.

©2020 Andrew Krivak (P)2020 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Coming of Age Dystopian Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Heartfelt

Editorial Review

A literary thriller that boasts plot and character
Andrew Krivak’s The Bear is a methodical, evocative, and magical story. Drifting in and out of parables, myths, and the fluid language of the natural world—it somehow never feels lost. It’s in fact very simple, but incredibly layered. In narrator Eric Jason Martin’s steady, almost melodious narration, at first you feel like you have entered a fantastical field manual where profound questions of human nature are unearthed in old-world survival skills like making a bow and arrow, fishing, or navigation. But what you find yourself fiercely following is a young girl coming to terms with harsh realities and a heritage of grief that is widely relatable, and deeply moving. —Michael D., Audible Editor

Beautiful Storytelling • Meaningful Narrative • Evocative Imagery • Emotional Depth • Thoughtful Symbolism • Nice Voice
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Lovely story of man living in balance with nature. Part parable, part fable and part myth. Charming and thought provoking. Perfect narration, although I did up the speed to 1.2 as I do with many listens.

A Mystical and Poetic Journey

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Beautiful story about nature, humans and meaning. Definitely give it a listen! It’s delicate and effective. You can tell that the author took a lot of care when telling the story.

Wonderful story

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Unlike most post-apocalypse novels, this one has no warring humans, no bad guys. Instead, its characters live in the natural world, and are fully a part of the nature around them, while surviving, loving, and grieving,
The text moves gracefully between exact descriptions of the natural world and mythic interactions with animals.
Excellent narration.

The book is still with me. I highly recommend it.

Haunting and beautifully told

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Fablelike beautiful story. I enjoyed it very much. I think it is a wonderful book.

Best

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I could not understand the point of the story. Or actually how the old lady survived without no one but herself and the animals she heard talking. Very strange book

Relationship between father and daughter

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Liked it. Have never read a story like this. Parallel’s how a Native American story would be told

Interesting story

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I am still mad that audible won't allow me to rate books unless I also write a review.

Still mad at Audible

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its not a typical story, its lack of conflicts. but it worth reading, its very touching.

Love his voice, but not love this story

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I’ve just finished and feel that I’ll be making sense of this book for a while. It’s left me quite a thoughtful in a way I like. I appreciate the detail of skills that the characters used, the narration and a glimpse of a life post the end of civilization… without any drama of that end.

Wonderful

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The girl and her father live in a world devoid of humans. It is a beautifully evoked story of hope and strength in adversity. Highly recommended.

A beautiful apocalyptic story

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