Running in the Family

I just finished reading the book Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje, also author of The English Patient. It sat on my coffee table for a while because I was intimidated by what I thought was its literary-ness, but it turned out to be wonderful. Anyhow, here’s a quote from it I thought was particularly amusing:

At one of the other bungalows guests have to sleep behind closed doors, for a bear comes regularly each night, climbs the stairs slowly as if exhausted, and sleeps on whatever free bed is available.