Boulder

The grim and lovely follow-up to Eva Baltasar's acclaimed Permafrost delves into the darker sides of love and motherhood. Two women navigate a hostile world while choosing to live on their own terms, exploring what freedom and commitment mean when desire, responsibility, and identity collide. The story follows a cook aboard a merchant ship who forms a deep bond with Samsa, nicknamed Boulder, as they move to Reykjavik together. Samsa’s decision to have a child at forty tests Boulder’s sense of self and the couple’s future, forcing both to confront what they are willing to sacrifice for love.

As Samsa transforms through motherhood, Boulder faces a choice between independence and devotion. Baltasar returns with a spare, brittle, yet strikingly lyrical voice that chronicles queer experience with honesty and grit, painting a world where love can be both solace and disruption. The narrative is concise yet haunting, continuing Baltasar’s reputation for fearless storytelling and for giving voice to women who resist easy categories.

• Sequel to Permafrost by Eva Baltasar
• Explores love, motherhood, and identity
• Queer perspectives in a challenging world
• Prose described as brittle and beautiful
• Translated by Julia Sanches
• 112 pages, paperback, 1st edition armband

• Eva Baltasar (Auteur)
• Julia Sanches (Vertaling)
• Uitgave op 02/08/2022
• Publiek door And Other Stories