A lovely story set in the future of a post-apocalyptic world where the only humans left are a girl and her father. How this world came to be is not touched on but what is, is the struggles of survival, loss of love and the need to find something to live for. It was a beautiful story that I will remember for a long while.
This book was such a lovely surprise. It is set in a post-apocalyptic world, but little time is spent on how that came to be. Instead, the book focuses on a nameless girl struggling to survive. After learning survival skills from her father, through a bear she learns to listen to animals and trees, and live in harmony with nature.
The prose is spare and the book is not long. I wish it hadn't ended so quickly.
The prose is spare and the book is not long. I wish it hadn't ended so quickly.
The Bear by Andrew Krivak is a post-apocalyptic book with no names, a setup that gives it a philosophical tone. The stated theme running throughout the cycle of life and the love and loss that it brings. The unstated underlying theme is living in harmony with nature. A world in which only two humans exist comes across not as sad and desolate but lush and protective and abundant with life.
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Reviewed for NetGalley.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2020/03/the-bear.html
Reviewed for NetGalley.
