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Marian Engel (1) (1933–1985)

Auteur de L'Ours

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17+ oeuvres 786 utilisateurs 43 critiques

A propos de l'auteur

Born May 24, 1933 in Toronto, Canada, Marian Engel is a respected Canadian writer whose works range from children's books to adult nonfiction. She is best known, however, as a novelist. Her writings frequently center on exceptional women who are often complex, wrestling with crucial problems and afficher plus variant roles. Her novel Bear won the 1976 Governor General's Award. Many consider it her best work. Lunatic Villas was co-winner of the City of Toronto Book Awards in 1982. Engel continues her career living in Toronto. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Marian Engel

L'Ours (1976) 594 exemplaires
Tattooed Woman (Short Fiction) (1985) 31 exemplaires
Lunatic villas (1981) 31 exemplaires
Sarah Bastard's Notebook (1968) 28 exemplaires
The Honeyman Festival (1970) 25 exemplaires
The Glassy Sea (1979) 24 exemplaires
Marian Engel: Life in Letters (2004) 10 exemplaires
Monodromos (1973) 10 exemplaires
One Way Street (1974) 9 exemplaires
The Islands of Canada (1981) 5 exemplaires
The Year of the Child (1981) 2 exemplaires
Adventure at Moon Bay Towers (1974) 2 exemplaires
Inside the easter egg (1975) 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English (1986) — Contributeur — 111 exemplaires
The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories (1986) — Contributeur — 73 exemplaires
Tesseracts 1 (1985) — Contributeur — 50 exemplaires
The Oxford Book of Stories by Canadian Women in English (1999) — Auteur, quelques éditions30 exemplaires

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Date de naissance
1933-05-24
Date de décès
1985-02-16
Sexe
female
Nationalité
Canada
Organisations
Writers' Union of Canada

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lolol this was fine. definitely not the type of fiction that i typically read, but the writing was pretty moving at times. yearning! and shame! and wonderfully long sentences! come for the animal sex scenes, stay for the commentary on loneliness and communication. it made me incredibly uncomfortable, but great writing. and while the character isn't someone you are going to fall in love with, at least she isn't boring
 
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Ellen-Simon | 41 autres critiques | Dec 21, 2023 |
Lou, an archivist for an Institute is sent to a remote Ottawan island to catalog the estate of Colonel Joycelyn Cary. The institute has acquired the Pennarth Estate's books, journals, and other ephemera. Admittedly, I had to go into this story with an extremely open mind. From everything I heard, the only detail that stuck out to me was that the protagonist has sexual feelings for, and tries to copulate with, a bear. Say what now? The second thing people said, as if to follow up on that statement, was that Engel writes in such a way that a relationship between a woman and a bear is totally plausible. My first indication of realism comes when, even though Lou and the bear have a growing friendship, Lou is constantly reminding herself he is a bear that weighs over 300 pounds with claws and teeth. Bears are predators that are attracted to the emanating odors of blood and fear. To be sure, the writing is beautiful. The treatment of women in society (in the 70s) is accurately articulated. I just couldn't wrap my brain around the fact that Lou's choices for male companionship were so wretched that she had to settle for an animal. The end.… (plus d'informations)
½
 
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SeriousGrace | 41 autres critiques | Oct 10, 2023 |
Una bibliotecara/arxivera es trasllada a una illa deserta per determinar el valor de la donació que ha rebut l'Institut Històric de la ciutat d'Ontario Allà es troba tota sola en una gran casa, acompanyada de cap presència humana, només el venedor de la botiga més pròxima li porta les provisions en barca de tant en tant. El que si hi ha és un os, envellit i brut lligat amb una cadena prop de la porta d'entrada a casa seva, al qual haurà de cuidar. Mentre comença a familiaritzar-se amb la casa i la biblioteca cercant documentació que expliqui el perquè la família Cary es va traslladar en aquell indret, intentant esbrinar la història dels primers pobladors de la zona. En paral.lel va coneixent l'os i establint-hi una relació inesperada.
Evolució de l'estat anímic de la Lou, una noia reservada bastant associal i que té moltes dificultats de relació amb el homes, el seu cap/amant, el seu ex-amant... Aquesta estada apropant-se a la natura exuberant que l'envolta la farà evolucionar i l'os hi tindrà un paper ben important.
Llibre escandalós quan es va publicar al 1976, a Canadà és tot un clàssic d'obligada lectura.
… (plus d'informations)
 
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Nuriagarciaturu | 41 autres critiques | Jun 12, 2023 |
yawning. boring. sloppy.
 
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mirandoid | 41 autres critiques | May 6, 2023 |

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Œuvres
17
Aussi par
5
Membres
786
Popularité
#32,384
Évaluation
½ 3.5
Critiques
43
ISBN
65
Langues
6

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