{"product_id":"boulder-paperback","title":"Boulder: Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEva Baltasar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJulia Sanches\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce again, Eva Baltasar demonstrates her preeminence as a chronicler of queer voices navigating a hostile world--and in prose as brittle and beautiful as an ancient saga.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlready an acclaimed poet, with ten volumes of poetry to her name, Eva Baltasar's debut novel \u003ci\u003ePermafrost\u003c\/i\u003e received the 2018 Premi Llibreter from Catalan booksellers, was an Indie Next choice from American booksellers, and was shortlisted for France's 2020 Prix Médicis for Best Foreign Book. \u003ci\u003eBoulder\u003c\/i\u003e won the prestigious Omnium Prize for the Best Catalan Novel of 2020. The author lives a simple life with her wife and two daughters in a Catalonian village near the mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulia Sanches translates from Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan. Among her translations are \u003ci\u003eSlash and Burn\u003c\/i\u003e by Claudia Hernández, for which she won a PEN\/Heim award, as well as works by Noemi Jaffe, Daniel Galera, and Geovani Martins. She is a founding member of the Cedilla \u0026amp; Co. translators' collective, and lives in Providence, Rhode Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Booker International Prize (2023)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42099030556807,"sku":"9781913505387","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/52fe74c4590f42b73a104658a7631691.webp?v=1732369671","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/boulder-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}