{"product_id":"boulder-baltasar-eva","title":"Boulder - Baltasar, Eva","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e Translated by Julia Sanches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWorking 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOnce 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"And Other Stories","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44430598734076,"sku":"9781913505387","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/4841\/1388\/files\/Boulder_RGB_HR.jpg?v=1687765099","url":"https:\/\/www.morethanwordsfm.com\/products\/boulder-baltasar-eva","provider":"More Than Words","version":"1.0","type":"link"}