In a remote seaside community, adolescent boys undergo unexplained medical treatment, or perhaps experiments, at the hands of female nurses, seemingly the only adults around. After spotting a body beneath the waves, ten-year-old Nicolas begins to question what he had previously taken for granted -- who he is, why he is there, and what exactly is happening to him. Broadly, these are the questions faced by any adolescent, but here they take on unexpected meanings. Part surrealist coming-of-age story, part eerie medical drama, part reflection on our place in the natural world along with our biological past and future, Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s Evolution boldly draws on the scientific details of developmental biology and marine reproductive strategies to create an otherworldly vision of human life.
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