{"product_id":"memoirs-of-a-polar-bear-paperback","title":"Memoirs of a Polar Bear - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYoko Tawada\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusan Bernofsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Memoirs of a Polar Bear\u003c\/em\u003e has in spades what Rivka Galchen hailed in the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e as \"Yoko Tawada's magnificent strangeness\"--Tawada is an author like no other. Three generations (grandmother, mother, son) of polar bears are famous as both circus performers and writers in East Germany: they are polar bears who move in human society, stars of the ring and of the literary world. In chapter one, the grandmother matriarch in the Soviet Union accidentally writes a bestselling autobiography. In chapter two, Tosca, her daughter (born in Canada, where her mother had emigrated) moves to the DDR and takes a job in the circus. Her son--the last of their line--is Knut, born in chapter three in a Leipzig zoo but raised by a human keeper in relatively happy circumstances in the Berlin zoo, until his keeper, Matthias, is taken away...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHappy or sad, each bear writes a story, enjoying both celebrity and \"the intimacy of being alone with my pen.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757728858400,"sku":"9780811225786","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/caff82ef6cf58ee37952dcec2d0975a9.webp?v=1780110308","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/memoirs-of-a-polar-bear-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}