The Bear Comes Home

Type

Book

Authors

Zabor, Rafi

ISBN 10

0393040372

ISBN 13

9780393040371

Tags

United States, Contemporary, Jazz musicians, Saxophonists, New York (State)--New York, Bears, New York (State), Musical fiction

Abstract

The story of a saxophone-playing bear. A former circus performer, the bear was acquired by its owner in a poker game. The bear can talk and the novel follows its career in a New York jazz club where it discusses music with other players and falls in love with a woman.

Description

The hero of this sensational first novel is an alto-sax virtuoso trying to evolve a personal style out of Coltrane and Rollins. He also happens to be a walking, talking, Blake--and Shakespeare.

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Fiction
Musical fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Rafi Zabor
ISBN: 0393040372 9780393040371
OCLC Number: 35777444
Awards: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1998.
Description: 480 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Responsibility: Rafi Zabor.

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