Soh Kam Yung reviewed The Star-Bear by Michael Swanwick
A game of wits between a Soviet Bear and an exiled Russian writer
3 stars
An exiled Russian writer living in Paris has an unusual encounter with a bear. By the middle of the story, the bear has started a conversation with the writer, trying to convince him to return to the Soviet Union, to be celebrated as a Soviet writer. Should he remain true to the reasons he left Russia, or return to a country eager for a propagandic victory?