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|author= Chang Ying-Tai and Darryl Sterk (translator)
|title= The Bear Whispers to Me: The Story of a Bear and a Boy
|rating= 4
|genre= Literary Fiction
|summary=Award winning Taiwanese writer Chang Ying-Tai's emotive, elegiac fable is a meditation on the art of storytelling. Its immersive detail and enchanting musical cadences give it a magical, dream like quality. It is a special work as it is one of the few examples of Taiwanese fiction available in English. The blind Paiwan poet Monaneng said of aboriginal Taiwanese culture:
"With tender care let us set in motion our blood that is once again warm.<br>
Let us recall our songs, our dances, our sacred rituals.<br>
And the tradition of unselfish mutual coexistence between us and the earth.
This is exactly what "The Bear Whispers to Me" effortlessly does.
amazonuk=<amazonuk>0993215408</amazonuk>
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|author=Martin Walker