In the Eye of the Wild
of Nastassja Martin
translated by Camila Vargas Boldrini e Daniel Lühmann
available here
Synopsis
After being attacked by a bear at the base of a volcano in Siberia, where she was conducting research on the Even people, Nastassja Martin struggles to survive, while being admitted to hospitals in Russia and France. In this book, a mixture of ethnography and autobiography, the
French anthropologist reflects on this event in which, “a bear and a woman meet and the frontiers between the two worlds implode.”
Genres
Maria Manoella (Rio de Janeiro, 1978) studied at Célia Helena Theater School. She has acted in more than 30 plays, as well as feature films such as Delicate Crime, A mulher invisível, Malu de bicicleta, Vermelho russo and A vida invisível; soap operas such as Sete vidas and Deus Salve o Rei on Rede Globo; and series on HBO, Amazon Prime, Globoplay, Star+ and GNT.
author Nastassja Martin
Nastassja Martin is a French anthropologist and writer who specializes in the Far North and the study of indigenous populations. Known above all for the episode in which she was attacked by a bear, the author recounts the event in the book In the In the Eye of the Wild (New York Review Books, 2021). She is also against the expansion of ski areas.
