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- Book Synopsis
- Working as a cook on a merchant ship, a woman comes to know and love Samsa, a woman who gives her the nickname 'Boulder'. When Samsa gets a job in Reykjavik and the couple decides to move there together, Samsa decides that she wants to have a child. She is already forty and can't bear to let the opportunity pass her by. Boulder is less enthused, but doesn't know how to say no - and so finds herself dragged along on a journey that feels as thankless as it is alien. With motherhood changing Samsa into a stranger, Boulder must decide where her priorities lie, and whether her yearning for freedom can truly trump her yearning for love. Once again, Eva Baltasar demonstrates her pre-eminence as a chronicler of queer voices navigating a hostile world - and in prose as brittle and beautiful as an ancient saga.
- About The Author
- Already an acclaimed poet, with ten volumes of poetry to her name, Eva Baltasar's debut novel Permafrost received the 2018 Premi Llibreter from Catalan booksellers and was shortlisted for France's 2020 Prix Médicis for Best Foreign Book. Boulder's English translation was shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize . The author lives in a Catalonian village near the mountains.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781913505387
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- And Other Stories, (02 August 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 105
- Weight
- 109 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 129 x 197 x 10 mm
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