The Bear and the Paving Stone by Toshiyuki Horie, Geraint Howells (Translator) has remained obscure

has remained obscure

Rivals are battling to become Prince Maxon's bride as the threat of rebel violence just beyond the palace walls escalates into war

But a lingering question remains: Will the former mermaid be able to escape her curse

where the scene of the action is an abondoned cemetery

The Bear and the Paving Stone by Toshiyuki Horie, Geraint Howells (Translator) has remained obscureA Japanese man, far from home, travels the countryside of Normandy with a friend talking about war, literature, and everything in between. As his ideas of his life become more entangled with his personal writing, the pangs of his past and his half forgotten memories overlap and threaten his peace. Owing a debt to French writers from La Fontaine to Proust, the three fable like tales in The Bear and the Paving Stone are stories of loss, memory and a