Boulder
€16.25
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781913505387 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eva Baltasar |
| Publisher | And Other Stories |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.122 |
| Publishing Date | 02/08/2022 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €15.33 |
| Tax | €0.92 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €16.25 |
| Availability | +20 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
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.