{"product_id":"9781913505387","title":"Boulder : Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Eva Baltasar \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 August 2022 by And Other Stories in the United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 112 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 10 | 122g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57561753977207,"sku":"9781913505387","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781913505387.jpg?v=1792080762","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781913505387","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}