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Originally published 1996 Genre Speculative fiction | 3.7/5 Goodreads Nominations World Fantasy Award—Novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bear Went Over the Mountain (1996) is a novel by William Kotzwinkle. The movie rights for the book were sold to Jim Henson.
Contents
Plot introduction
Arthur Bramhall isolates himself a forest cabin to write a novel; once it is complete, he goes off to buy champagne in celebration, after first burying the manuscript to protect it from fire. In his absence, a bear digs up his manuscript. The bear reads the manuscript, decides it is good, and brings it to New York City, where he is accepted as a talented author and desirable party guest.
Reception
The book was nominated for the 1997 World Fantasy award.
References
The Bear Went Over the Mountain (novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA