The Bear
内容简介
From National Book Award in Fiction finalist Andrew Krivak comes a gorgeous fable of Earth’s last two human inhabitants and a girl’s journey home.
In an Eden-like future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They own a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches his daughter how to fish and hunt and the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last of humankind. But when the girl finds herself alone in an unknown landscape, it is a bear that will lead her back home through a vast wilderness that offers the greatest lessons of all, if she can learn to listen. A cautionary tale of human fragility, of love and loss, The Bear is a stunning tribute to the beauty of nature’s dominion.
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作者简介
The grandson of Slovak immigrants, Andrew Krivak grew up in Pennsylvania, has lived in London, and has taught at Harvard, Boston College, and the College of the Holy Cross. He lives with his wife and three children in Somerville, Massachusetts and Jaffrey, New Hampshire.
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读书文摘
接下来的两天，熊又像这样外出了三次，每次都在外面花更长的时间吃东西和喝水。第三天早上，他认出了女孩，坐到她身旁的火堆边。 吃吧，她说，递给他一条鱼。 女孩看着熊把鱼吃得只剩骨头，然后转身问她，还有吗？
她缓步靠近，轻轻按着熊的肩头，小声对他说话。可他却一直在睡。 她往后站了站，看着那巨大的黑色身躯蜷缩成一团，在洞穴昏暗的火光中一起一伏，然后她跪下来打量他的脸。他的头埋在前爪里，前爪搁在石头地面上，触到后脚掌，形成一个闭环，像是某种捕不到猎物的陷阱。她听着他轻轻呼吸时的鼻息，知道即使自己扯着嗓子大喊他也不会醒来。她现在落单了。
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