Boulder
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Boulder

by Eva Baltasar

Love & Passion Literary Fiction 2022

Summary

In Boulder, Eva Baltasar tells the story of a solitary woman who works as a cook on a ship and finds comfort in a life defined by independence, physical desire, and freedom from emotional commitments. Her carefully constructed world changes when she meets Samsa, a woman with whom she begins a relationship. When Samsa expresses her desire to become a mother, their partnership enters unfamiliar territory, forcing Boulder to confront the tensions between intimacy and autonomy. Through sparse, intense prose, Baltasar explores queer desire, jealousy, motherhood, and the difficulty of building a shared life without losing oneself. The novel offers an uncompromising portrait of love as both a source of connection and a challenge to personal freedom.

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Eva Baltasar
Eva Baltasar

Eva Baltasar (born 1978) is a Catalan poet and novelist known for her concise, lyrical writing and psychologically intense portrayals of women living outside conventional social expectations. Born in Barcelona, she initially established herself as a poet before making her prose debut with Permafrost in 2018. Her novels frequently explore female desire, sexuality, solitude, and the tension between individual freedom and social norms. Her trilogy, comprising Permafrost, Boulder, and Mammoth, received international attention for its distinctive voice and uncompromising examination of contemporary womanhood. Boulder was shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize.

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2022
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Eva Baltasar