Mammoth - Eva Baltasar watched over by the bronze

watched over by the bronze statue of Peter the Great

Translator: Sam Taylor

Roberto Calasso illuminates the deepest questions of our existence

mysterious circumstances he has ever investigated

but as time goes by Alina becomes drawn to the idea of becoming a mother

Mammoth - Eva Baltasar watched over by the bronzeMammoths protagonist is a disenchanted young lesbian. Shes inexperienced, irritated by life, eager to gestate, and determined to strip everything else down to essentials. She seduces men at random, swaps her urban habitat for an isolated farmhouse, befriends a shepherd, nurses lambs, battles stray cats, waits tables, cleans house, and dabbles in sex work all in pursuit of life in the raw. This small bomb of a novel, not remotely pastoral, builds to a