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Title: The Bear Went Over the Mountain : A Novel by William Kotzwinkle ISBN: 0-8050-5438-3 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 November, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (79 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Laugh out loud funny!
Comment: One of the funniest books I've ever read, Kotzwinkles
telling of the story almost has you believing that a bear
could actually pull all this off! The hero of the story is
a bear who one day finds a book manuscript hidden in the
back woods of Maine, reads it and thinks its such a
wonderful story that he takes (steals) it to New York city
with the idea of selling it. After adopting an alias (Hal
Jam), he peddles the book around the NY publishing world
and meets many quirky and self absorbed people on his way
to eventually becoming world famous. Throughout the story he
vacillates back and forth between wanting to remain in the
comfortable but strange and "hard to figure out" world of
man - with its unlimited quantities of sweets and women;
and wanting to return to his beloved forest where life is
so much simpler. The plot is very much like the movie "Being
There", except with a slapstick slant. Everyone that the
bear meets reads deep and profound meaning into Hal's
brooding silences and short, out of context statements. It
kept me laughing out loud for two straight days, I can't
remember the last time a book did that to me!
Rating: 5
Summary: Read it and weep - with laughter
Comment: There's so much truth about the publishing world in this drop-dead-funny satire that it's a wonder the publishing world ever published it!
Outrageous premise of a man who writes The Great American Novel, loses the manuscript in the woods, and becomes so depressed that he goes into hibernation and becomes beast-like. The flip side of the equation, the part that makes this book a dangerous one to read in bed beside a sleeping mate, is that the manuscript is found by a bear who manages to sell it on a trip to New York. The bear is courted by NY's best and finest celebs, and he impresses reviewers, agents, and editors with his hyper-intelligent and deeply moving monosyllabic grunts and one-word responses to interview questions.
But the parts that'll make your trying-to-sleep spouse want to kill you are the love scenes between the bear and the object of his affection, a 'fur-bearing woman,' (a lady who doesn't shave her legs).
Don't miss it. Buy two, and give one to your favorite quirky friend.
Rating: 4
Summary: Fable for the Ages
Comment: The characters are cliché, the plot is easy to follow but isn't that the point with a fable. Kotzwinkle takes something we know, or think we know, and twist it to show a window into our nature. This is an excellent book, that's insightful and very funny.
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Title: The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley ISBN: 0394759893 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 05 November, 1988 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Walter, the Farting Dog by William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray, Audrey Colman ISBN: 1583940537 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Pub. Date: 10 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Fata Morgana by William Kotzwinkle, Joe Servello ISBN: 1569247870 Publisher: Marlowe & Co Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Fan Man by William Kotzwinkle ISBN: 0679752455 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 31 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Exile by William Kotzwinkle, William Kotzwinkler ISBN: 1569247285 Publisher: Marlowe & Co Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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