Dec 30, 2009
Bears in Mourning | Bears in Mourning
At a glance:
- Author: Adam Mars-Jones
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Plot: Psychological, character study
- Time of Work: The early 1980's
- Setting: London and the suburb of Bromley, England
- Principal Characters: Victor, Narrator
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Homosexuality or homosexuals, Suicide, Twentieth century, Friendship, 1980’s, Despair, England or English people, Death or dying, London, Success or failure, Funeral rites or ceremonies, AIDS, Bears, Western Europe or western Europeans
- Locales: London, England
The Story
This tale is narrated in the first person by a man trying to make sense of the life and death of
his friend and erstwhile lover Victor. During the course of his musings, the narrator introduces
the reader to the concept of the “bear,” a physical type first delineated by the gay
community and characterized by being slightly overweight and sporting a beard and perhaps
body hair.
The narrator asserts that Victor was an ideal specimen of his type, a “bear
absolute.” At the time of their first meeting and their one and only sexual encounter,
Victor was in...
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