![]() ![]() Most definitely a very odd story, but there are many layers involved and I think it illustrates several themes quite well, despite the eccentric manner in which the author chose to tell the story (via polar bears). I assume this was the author's intended voice, rather than an artifact of a Japanese author writing in German and then translated into English.I can't recommend it but perhaps big fans of Kafka would find this right up their alley. I also did not enjoy the choppy writing style. I'm perfectly convinced this is my deficiency as surrealism is not my thing. ![]() ![]() It's three parts are about three generations of polar bears who live among humans: the grandmother a famous writer the mother a famous ballet dancer and circus performer the child a famous resident of a zoo.I'd somewhat perceive a point only to lose it as the story wandered off on some tangent or non sequitur. Perhaps I should have taken more note of how many times the word 'strange' was used in reviews.It seems to be a book about Communism, and human interaction, and exile. I really did not enjoy this book.I picked it up based upon an Amazon recommendation and all the praise heaped upon it by literati. ![]()
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