Description
Feminist autofiction from one of Sweden's blazing talents.
Blending autofiction and essay, The Bear Woman is a journey of feminism and literary
detective work spanning centuries and continents. In the 1540s, a young French noblewoman, Marguerite de la Rocque, was abandoned on an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with her maidservant and her lover. In present-day Stockholm, an author and mother becomes captivated by the image of Marguerite sheltered in a dark cave after her companions have died.This image soon becomes an obsession. She must find out the real story of the
woman she calls the Bear Woman. But so much in this history is written so as to gloss over male violence. And the maps and other sources she consults are at times undecipherable.Karolina Ramqvist explores what it means to write history--and to live it.
Author: Karolina Ramqvist
Publisher: Coach House Books
Published: 02/08/2022
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781552454312
ISBN10: 1552454312
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Feminist
- Fiction | Family Life | General
- Fiction | Biographical