Bear

By Marian Engel

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Marian Engel's 1976 Canadian novel about a reclusive archivist sent to catalogue an island estate, and her intense relationship with a bear.

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• Margaret Atwood: “Co-selected with JHI director Randy Boyagoda for the University of Toronto's Fall 2026 Dead Book Clubs reading list (Chronicle of Higher Education, 2026).”