- Fiction, Bears, Fairy tales, Kings, queens, rulers
In search of food, Leander, King of the Bears, leads his subjects from their safe caves in the mountains of Sicily to the valley where they triumph over many enemies.
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Classical in form, effortless, plot-driven and resolved.
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About the book
- Author
- Dino Buzzati
- First published
- 1947
- Pages
- 146
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books, New York Review Books, HarperTrophy
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781590170762
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