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| Author | Rafi Zabor |
|---|---|
| Publisher | W. W. Norton |
| Publication date | July 21, 1997 |
| Award | PEN/Faulkner Award (1998) |
| ISBN | 0-393-04037-2 |
The Bear Comes Home is a novel written by American writer Rafi Zabor. It won the 1998 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction, and was selected as an alternate for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award.
Details
The novel tells the story of an alto saxophone-playing bear, his involvement in the jazz subculture, and his pursuit of love, truth and perfection.
Musician published the first chapters of The Bear Comes Home, in serialized form, beginning in 1979. Zabor resumed work on the remainder of the book after a fourteen-year hiatus, and W. W. Norton published the novel in 1997.
References
- "The Bear Comes Home". Kirkus Reviews. June 15, 1997. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- "The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor". Publishers Weekly. June 30, 1997. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ Zabor, Rafi (April 13, 1998). "Literary Paws". NewsHour (Interview). Interviewed by Elizabeth Farnsworth. PBS. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- Biederman, Marcia (July 19, 1998). "Who Is Rafi Zabor?". New York Times. New York City. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
- ^ Zabor, Rafi (2008). "NEA Writers' Corner: Rafi Zabor". National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008. Retrieved June 9, 2008.
External links
- The Bear Comes Home webpage at W. W. Norton & Company
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