Review: The Language of Bears

The Language of Bears by John Eidswick
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Review of THE LANGUAGE OF BEARS by John Eidswick

An unusual and bizarre work of literary fiction/fantasy, involving 17th century Puritans, nearly eternal life, talking animals, and contemporary society. Yes, sounds confusing, but perfectly clear when you read the novel. Young Adam Green and his sister Daisy, then a baby, lost their parents seven years ago in the Forbidden Forest, where their parents supposedly took their own lives. So Adam has grown up people-shy, accused himself of witchcraft, and finding a talking head inside the Forest (actually a television) only fans the fires of gossip. That's not th only thing; the region in which he lives, supposedly founded some great while back by the current townspeople's great-great-grandparents, and named Arcadia, is strange—really strange. Kind of “what a wonderful place, but I really wouldn't want to live there...”or would I?

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