Author: Baltasar, Eva,
Author: Sanches, Julia,
Publication year: 2022
Format: Hardback
Publisher: And Other Stories
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 1913505383 9781913505387 (pbk.) :
Notes: Translated from the Catalan. 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.