Bear is a strange, beguiling fable about longing and obsession, and the damage they can do.
From the National Book Award finalist author of Disappearing Earth: a haunting story of two sisters on a remote island whose fragile world shifts when a bear arrives. Sharp, strange, and utterly magnetic—this one lingers long after the last page.
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Two sisters. One remote island off the coast of Washington State. And a bear that changes everything.
Bear is Julia Phillips’ stunning follow-up to her National Book Award finalist Disappearing Earth—a sharp, mesmerizing novel about isolation, longing, and the wildness that lives both outside our doors and within ourselves.
Sam and Elena have carved out a quiet existence on San Juan Island, cleaning vacation homes for the summer people who can afford what they cannot. Their days are small, their world contained. Then a bear swims across the water, an unexpected visitor that disrupts the careful balance of their lives. What begins as curiosity becomes obsession as the sisters are drawn into the bear’s presence in ways that reveal the fault lines in their relationship and the hungers they’ve been trying to ignore.
Phillips writes with precision and grace about the ties that bind and fray between siblings, about class and yearning, about the magnetic pull of the untamed. This is a book that lingers—strange, beautiful, and utterly captivating. It’s the kind of story that feels like a secret you’ll want to share, a discovery worth savoring slowly.
Perfect for readers who loved My Year of Rest and Relaxation or The Vegetarian, Bear is an unforgettable exploration of what it means to want something you cannot name.
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Bear is a strange, beguiling fable about longing and obsession, and the damage they can do.
A gorgeous, strange book about obsession and wildness, isolation and desire.
A fierce and focused novel, as precise as it is wild... Phillips's prose is elegant and controlled, even as her characters lose their grip.
Phillips's follow-up to Disappearing Earth is a taut, unsettling tale of two sisters whose isolated existence is upended by the arrival of a bear.
Bear is a marvel—a Beckettian tale of obsession and a gothic horror story, a dazzling and brutal portrait of sisterhood.
Hypnotic and tightly coiled... Phillips has created a modern fable that is both deeply unsettling and utterly compelling.
A mesmerizing novel about the mysteries of the natural world and the even greater mysteries of the human heart.
Phillips has crafted a slim, potent novel that reads like a dark fairy tale.
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