Memorias de una osa polar / Memoirs of a Polar Bear

from greeniezona

I was immediately so curious when this book started showing up on recommendation lists. Described as a strange magical tale of three celebrity polar bears, in translation by a Japanese-German author - it was impossible that I could resist for long. In the first part, an unnamed polar bear, a cir...

from alanteder

Ice, Ice, Baby "Memoirs of a Polar Bear" is the 2016 English translation of Tawada's 2014 German language version "Etüden im Schnee" (Studies in the Snow) of her original 2011 Japanese language novel "雪の練習生 Yuki No Renshūsei" (Trainee in Snow). No details are provided here, but as Tawada writes ...

from hemlokgang

Three generations of a Polar bear family, each living in close proximity to humans, must try to make sense of an unnatural life. Definitely a unique plot written in marvelous prose, which frequently made me chuckle. Tawada is able to illustrate and point out many of the idiosyncrasies, inconsiste...

from wildrequiem

Most definitely a very odd story, but there are many layers involved and I think it illustrates several themes quite well, despite the eccentric manner in which the author chose to tell the story (via polar bears). I would say that this book has a lot of similarities with a style I've seen very o...