Etüden im Schnee

3 portraits of 3 generations of circus/zoo polar bears that are part of a surrealistic world where bears (sometimes) can talk, write, get publishing deals, rent apartments, write emails, communicate through dreams, ... Each of the three parts are different in style of narration and level of magical realism, which feels inconsistent but could also be intriguing, if I wasn't so surprised by the inconsistencies at first. I liked the first part the most as it was the most adventurous the most absurd, while the second part was only half a story of a polar bear and strangely rather an autobiography of a circus worker, and then the last part was good but sad as it had the most realism in presenting the life of a zoo animal.