{"product_id":"the-bear-woman-9781552454312","title":"The Bear Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeminist autofiction from one of Sweden’s blazing talents.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlending autofiction and essay, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bear Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a journey of feminism and literary\n\ndetective work spanning centuries and continents. In the 1540s, a young\n\nFrench noblewoman, Marguerite de la Rocque, was abandoned on an island in\n\nthe 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\n\nsheltered in a dark cave after her companions have died.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis image soon becomes an obsession. She must find out the real story of the\n\nwoman she calls the Bear Woman. But so much in this history is written so as to\n\ngloss over male violence. And the maps and other sources she consults are at\n\ntimes undecipherable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKarolina Ramqvist explores what it means to write history—and to live it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 24, 39); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 24, 39); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 24, 39); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e“One of my favorite discoveries from this year.” – \u003cb\u003eSamanta Schweblin, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 24, 39); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e“Ramqvist is a serious contender for the Swedish literary limelight.” – \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\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","brand":"Karolina Ramqvist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48308067041531,"sku":"9781552454312","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781552454312.jpg?v=1772484740","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-bear-woman-9781552454312","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}