Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yōko Tawada, Susan Bernofsky (Translator) Heading towards Calcutta is Havildar

Heading towards Calcutta is Havildar Kesri to lead a regiment of Indian volunteers in the upcoming war

the interior of a single

the ways in which we belong to one another and the ways in which we are formed

As Lila Mae strives to exonerate herself in this urgent adventure full of government spies

We see them through successes and failures

Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yōko Tawada, Susan Bernofsky (Translator) Heading towards Calcutta is HavildarA bear, born and raised in captivity, is devastated by the loss of his keeper; another finds herself performing in the circus; a third sits down one day and pens a memoir which becomes an international sensation, and causes her to flee her home. Through the stories of these three bears, Tawada reflects on our own humanity, the ways in which we belong to one another and the ways in which we are formed. Delicate and surreal, Memoirs of a Polar Bear