Rafi Zabor

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I am he. Is anyone out there actually discussing me or my book? Surprised if so.

>>By Rafi   (Sunday, 15 Aug 2004 09:19)



I have just finished reading The Bear Comes Home. I am an avid reader, writer and poet. I can't remember enjoying a book so thoroughly. The writing is transcendent, the allure of Bear is magical, magnetic, and unforgettable, and the interweaving of metaphysics, music and character is masterfully entwined, at once hypnotic, hysterical, poignant, and poetic. I felt I was inside his mind and he in mine, especially when snippets of Keats and Shakespeare and Donne flow in and out of sentences as part of the Bear's stream of conscious thinking. On a spiritual level, no one has ever articulated so precisely so many of my beliefs and experiences of the ineffable. I read this book so slowly, drinking in the language and the story, only to find myself bereft that I have come to the end, and will miss that Bear in my quotidien experience, though he will remain with me for a very very very long time.

I would love to talk with Rafi Zabor. If you are out there, please respond. I don't know if you can respond to me directly. I found your name and this site on Google. My e-mail is parasmith@aol.com. How can I thank you enough for writing this monumental book! You have inspired and delighted me, world without end.

>>By Ursa   (Saturday, 27 Nov 2004 19:35)



Hi Rafi!

I also read just The Bear Comes Home, was recommending it to someone i've met on flork and thought I'd better check if its mentioned at all. Think it is mind blowing, funny, beautiful and tragic. The decscriptions of music are out of this world, and although I like Jazz I suspect that you could write as well and inspiringly about Genres I care little or nothing for: country and western or high romantic German lieder for instance. I've not read descriptions of music making as good as this since Roddy Doyle's The Commitments, and look forward seeing how he tackles jazz in his latest book.

Paul.

PS I'm a sucker for bears (my family call me Fozzie).

>>By paulm   (Monday, 29 Nov 2004 13:50)



I was lucky enough to hear Rafi Zabor's interview on Vin Scelsa's "Idiot's Delight" radio program some years ago, and was hooked as soon as I heard it. I've never been big on bears, but this book has become one of my favorites of all time.

This book captures and shares the spirit of jazz, Manhattan in the early 90's, and life in general in a profound way. Thank you Rafi for the Bear Comes Home, and I'm looking forward to Wabenzi. Best of luck and health to you in this new year.

>>By northway   (Wednesday, 12 Oct 2005 08:30)



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