In the Shadow of the Mammoth
The writings of Italo Svevo (1861-1928), who was a pioneer of the modernist novel in Italy, are being revived in both Italian and English. Giuliana Minghelli''s In the Shadow of the Mammoth uses Svevo''s parodic Darwinian fable of the prehistoric encounter between the weak and ''unfinished'' man and an incommensurable other to reassess his eccentric contribution to 20th century literature in work...
The writings of Italo Svevo (1861-1928), who was a pioneer of the modernist novel in Italy, are being revived in both Italian and English. Giuliana Minghelli''s In the Shadow of the Mammoth uses Svevo''s parodic Darwinian fable of the prehistoric encounter between the weak and ''unfinished'' man and an incommensurable other to reassess his eccentric contribution to 20th century literature in work...
