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The Bear Comes Home

by ZABOR, Rafi

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About This Item

NY: Norton, 1997. The first edition of the author's first book that went on to win the Pen/Faulkner Award. First printing limited to 5000 copies in hardcover. Mr. Zabor is a jazz drummer, so d.w. blurb by Pat Metheny (as well as Josef Skvorecky). Beautiful copy!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

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The Bear Comes Home is a novel written by Rafi Zabor. It won the 1998 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. It was selected as an alternate for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. The novel tells the story of an alto saxophone-playing bear, his involvement in the jazz subculture, and his pursuit of love, truth and perfection. Musician published the first chapters of The Bear Comes Home, in serialized form, beginning in 1979.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Bear Comes Home
Author
ZABOR, Rafi
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Norton
Place of Publication
NY
Date Published
1997

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