The Bear Comes Home
Rafi Zabor
(Author)
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Description
The hero of this sensational debut 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-quoting bear whose musical, spiritual, and romantic adventures add up to perhaps the best novel, ursine or human, ever written about jazz.
Product Details
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publish Date | September 01, 1998 |
| Pages | 492 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780393318630 |
| Dimensions | 8.6 X 5.6 X 1.2 inches | 1.4 pounds |
About the Author
Rafi Zabor is a writer and occasional jazz drummer who lives in Brooklyn, New York. The Bear Comes Home is his first novel.
Reviews
Hip, flip, sexy, and worldy-wise, with walk-ons by Charlie Haden and other jazz celebrities: a first novel that has the makings of a cult smash.-- "Kirkus Reviews"
In fluent, witty prose Zabor conveys with remarkable vividness the texture of group improvisation...It swings.--A. O. Scott "New York Newsday"
Poignant and touching moments combine with hilarious descriptions of the bear's struggle in a story that anyone--whether familiar with jazz or not--will find compelling and entertaining.--David Amram "Los Angeles Times"
Zabor...conveys the mingled joy and terror of musical improvisation. He also displays a mean wit.-- "New York Times Book Review"
Zabor's knack for detail makes the absurd premise believable...and neatly turns the weighty subject--the painful and ungainly growth of an artist--into a comic gem.-- "The New Yorker"
In fluent, witty prose Zabor conveys with remarkable vividness the texture of group improvisation...It swings.--A. O. Scott "New York Newsday"
Poignant and touching moments combine with hilarious descriptions of the bear's struggle in a story that anyone--whether familiar with jazz or not--will find compelling and entertaining.--David Amram "Los Angeles Times"
Zabor...conveys the mingled joy and terror of musical improvisation. He also displays a mean wit.-- "New York Times Book Review"
Zabor's knack for detail makes the absurd premise believable...and neatly turns the weighty subject--the painful and ungainly growth of an artist--into a comic gem.-- "The New Yorker"
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