{"product_id":"the-bear-woman-paperback","title":"The Bear Woman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarolina Ramqvist\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSaskia Vogel\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeminist autofiction from one of Sweden's blazing talents.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlending autofiction and essay, \u003ci\u003eThe Bear Woman\u003c\/i\u003e is a journey of feminism and literary detective work spanning centuries and continents. In the 1540s, a young French noblewoman, Marguerite de la Rocque, was abandoned on an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with her maidservant and her lover. In present-day Stockholm, an author and mother becomes captivated by the image of Marguerite sheltered in a dark cave after her companions have died.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis image soon becomes an obsession. She must find out the real story of the woman she calls the Bear Woman. But so much in this history is written so as to gloss over male violence. And the maps and other sources she consults are at times undecipherable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKarolina Ramqvist explores what it means to write history--and to live it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Karolina Ramqvist writes with frosty precision the kind of literature that is unforgettable. Her portraits of women hit deep into bone and marrow.\" - \u003cb\u003eDorthe Nors, author of \u003ci\u003eA Line in the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Ramqvist's acute rendering of embodied sensual experience combined with her evocation of her double character's increasingly desperate circumstances create a story of high tension, startling insights, and lasting resonance.\" - \u003cb\u003eSiri Hustvedt, author of \u003ci\u003eMothers, Fathers and Others\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"One of my favorite discoveries from this year.\" - \u003cb\u003eSamanta Schweblin, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Ramqvist is a serious contender for the Swedish literary limelight.\" - \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The deeply personal journey of a writer, surprising and illuminating, and for me, familiar in the most reassuring way as she loses herself in this compelling story\" - \u003cb\u003eEsther Freud\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHideous Kinky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarolina Ramqvist is one of the most influential writers and feminists of her generation in Sweden. She has written five novels to date and is widely celebrated for her powerful ability to provoke quiet yet fierce questions rather than provide loud and easy answers. In her skillful hands, contemporary issues of sexuality, commercialization, isolation, and belonging become highly charged and, at the same time, completely unaffected. In 2015 Ramqvist was awarded the prestigious P.O. Enquist Literary Prize for her novel \u003ci\u003eThe White City\u003c\/i\u003e (Grove). \u003ci\u003eThe Bear Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) is her fifth and latest novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767967940896,"sku":"9781552454312","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8baf586387b7e4cbe1fabe5925655113.webp?v=1780321793","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-bear-woman-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}