who is the main character?
Lou (who is a 27-year-old librarian)
Bear (novel)
The novel centers on Lou, a 27-year-old librarian given the task of documenting the house and library of Colonel Cary, which has been donated to her employer, the Heritage Institute.
who wrote the novel, bear? Marian Engel where is the novel set? District of Algoma in northeastern Ontario.
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Bear (novel) [SEP] Plot summary
The novel centers on Lou, a 27-year-old librarian given the task of documenting the house and library of Colonel Cary, which has been donated to her employer, the Heritage Institute. Escaping a dreary and unfulfilling life in Toronto, Lou revels in the opportunity to work in the solitude of Cary's Island. She studies and catalogues the library. Lou struggles with her emotional balance, and her relationship with her work. She slowly begins to approach the island's resident bear, who was a pet of the late Colonel. Lonely and isolated, Lou enters into a sporadic sexual relationship with the estate's caretaker, Homer Campbell.