The Bear Comes Home
 First edition cover | |
| Author | Rafi Zabor |
|---|---|
| Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Publication date | July 21, 1997 |
| Award | PEN/Faulkner Award (1998) |
| ISBN | 0-393-04037-2 |
The Bear Comes Home is a novel written by American writer Rafi Zabor.[1][2] It won the 1998 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction,[3] and was selected as an alternate for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award.[4]
Details
[edit]The novel tells the story of an alto saxophone-playing bear, his involvement in the jazz subculture, and his pursuit of love, truth and perfection.[3]
Musician published the first chapters of The Bear Comes Home, in serialized form, beginning in 1979.[5] Zabor resumed work on the remainder of the book after a fourteen-year hiatus, and W. W. Norton published the novel in 1997.[3][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Bear Comes Home". Kirkus Reviews. June 15, 1997. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ "The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor". Publishers Weekly. June 30, 1997. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ a b c Zabor, Rafi (April 13, 1998). "Literary Paws". NewsHour (Interview). Interviewed by Elizabeth Farnsworth. PBS. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ Biederman, Marcia (July 19, 1998). "Who Is Rafi Zabor?". New York Times. New York City. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
- ^ a b Zabor, Rafi (2008). "NEA Writers' Corner: Rafi Zabor". National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008. Retrieved June 9, 2008.
External links
[edit]- The Bear Comes Home webpage at W. W. Norton & Company
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