![]() The more provocative, 1977 paperback cover art. Optimism abounds as the estate may prove to be a trove of historical and literary jewels. Tucked away in a quiet patch of northern Ontario, it houses the remaining effects of the original Colonel Cary, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars who withdrew to the peaceful woodlands of Canada in the early 19 th century. After some legal wrangling with the heirs, a woman named Colonel Jocelyn Cary has bequeathed her island estate to the institute. ![]() Having spent her dreary work days consigned to the basement of a historical institute in Toronto, she looks forward to this new project with barely restrained anticipation. ![]() Given the opportunity to leave her humdrum, “mole” like existence behind, Lou – a quiet unassuming librarian – takes on a promising new challenge. Written by Marian Engel – a close literary colleague of compatriot Margaret Atwood – Bear is an adult fable that’s every bit as shocking as it could be. So when I stumbled across this book, previously enshrined as the “most controversial novel ever written in Canada”, I had to see what all the fuss was about. Controversy and Canada rarely travel together. ![]()
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