{"product_id":"9780879236670","title":"Bear","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eMarian Engel’s most famous – and most controversial – novel tells the unforgettable story of a woman transformed by a primal, erotic relationship. 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 nineteenth-century colonel. Eager to investigate the estate’s curious history, she is shocked to discover that the island has one other inhabitant: a bear. Lou’s imagination is soon overtaken by the island’s past occupants, whose deep fascination with bears gradually becomes her own. Irresistibly, Lou is led along a path of emotional and sexual self-awakening, as she explores the limits of her own animal nature. What she discovers will change her life forever. As provocative and powerful now as when it was first published. Includes a reading group guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Godine, David R. Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018364961008,"sku":"9780879236670","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780879236670_p0.jpg?v=1763842417","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780879236670","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}