{"product_id":"mammoth-9781916751002","title":"Mammoth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe followup novel to International Booker-shortlisted \u003ci\u003eBoulder\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of queer motherhood and survival deep in the countryside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMammoth\u003c\/i\u003e's protagonist is a disenchanted young lesbian. She's 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. \u003cbr\u003eThis small bomb of a novel, not remotely pastoral, builds to a howling crescendo of social despair, leaving us at the mercy of Eva Baltasar's wild voice. \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlready an acclaimed poet, with ten volumes of poetry to her name, \u003cb\u003eEva Baltasar\u003c\/b\u003e's debut novel \u003ci\u003ePermafrost\u003c\/i\u003e received the 2018 Premi Llibreter from Catalan booksellers and was shortlisted for France's 2020 Prix M?dicis for Best Foreign Book. \u003ci\u003eBoulder\u003c\/i\u003e's English translation was shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize. The author lives in a Catalonian village near the mountains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Sanches\u003c\/b\u003e translates from Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan. Among her translations are\u003ci\u003e Slash and Burn\u003c\/i\u003e by Claudia Hern?ndez, for which she won a PEN\/Heim award, as well as works by Noemi Jaffe, Daniel Galera, and Geovani Martins. Her translation of Eva Baltasar's \u003ci\u003eBoulder\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize. She is a founding member of the Cedilla \u0026amp; Co. translators' collective, and lives in Providence, Rhode Island.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"And Other Stories","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878347641106,"sku":"9781916751002","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9f3deae8-02c1-482f-a2de-ffb560cb18a8.jpg?v=1738294371","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mammoth-9781916751002","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}