Animal attraction: Bear, the controversial story of one woman’s sexual awakening – The Guardian

BooksFirst published in the 70s, Marian Engels novel about a lonely librarians relationship with a bear interrogates boundaries between men and women, humans and animals
What do you think of when you think of a bear? A large, lumbering creature, unpredictably violent? Perhaps you think of Grizzly Man, Werner Herzogs jaw-dropping film about a man killed by one of the creatures he so adored? Do you think of the bearded, heavy-set man contrasted, in the informal typology among gay men, with the skinnier,…

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