The Bear Woman, Karolina Ramqvist
The Bear Woman, Karolina Ramqvist
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The Bear Woman

Author: Karolina Ramqvist

Narrator: Sophie Aldred

Unabridged: 8 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 04/15/2022


Synopsis

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mikko on November 05, 2020

Ruotsalaisen Karolina Ramqvistin aiheena on Marguerite de la Rocque, 1500-luvulla elänyt nainen, joka matkasi holhoojansa kanssa tutkimusmatkalle nykyiseen Kanadaan. Matkalla hänet hylättiin autiolle saarelle, jossa hän onnistui selviytymään hengissä joidenkin vuosien ajan, kunnes hänet pelastettiin......more

Goodreads review by Mikaela on June 28, 2020

Föll mig inte riktigt i smaken. Upplever att berättelsen hade kunnat vara riktigt intressant, men jag tycker att den berättas på ett tämligen ointressant sätt. Jag tycker somliga delar, d.v.s. författarens egna reflektioner kring sitt skrivande, att vara förälder och sina resor till Frankrike för at......more

Goodreads review by Giulz on March 17, 2021

Questo libro non é quello che ti aspetti. Non é la storia di una donna abbandonata su un'isola deserta. É la storia di donne che combattono come se fossero su un'isola deserta. Bello, ma faticoso.......more

Goodreads review by Krista on July 15, 2022

She and Damienne defended themselves against the ravening, mad beasts forever attacking them, steadfast with their guns and the dead man’s sword, and with the arquebus, which by then she could so skillfully wield that she once shot three bears in a day. And the last bear — this, she told (Thevet)......more

Goodreads review by Yannick on July 11, 2021

Después de tres días de intensa lectura, puedo declararme enamorada del estilo de Karolina Ramqvist. Con un lenguaje cercano, sencillo y accesible para cualquiera, nos va introduciendo de manera sutil en la Historia del siglo XVI, en especial en la posible vida que tuvo Marguerite de la Rocque. Camu......more