Lidia Yuknavitch on 'Borne'

01/10/20 • 3 min

The main character in Jeff
VanderMeer’s other-worldly tale is a polymorphous bear who moves in
magical and unexpected ways, and keeps secrets in his fur. It’s both a
futuristic story and one with deep history, the kind of dystopian
fiction that drew Yuknavitch in, again, and again.

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