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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\u003eWith 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 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":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43205859868850,"sku":"9781913505387","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781913505387_cdefe5d8-83f6-44c5-ba8d-792590fc9425.jpg?v=1786035206"},{"product_id":"9781916751002","title":"Mammoth","description":"\u003cp\u003eA GUARDIAN BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN OBSERVER BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA NEW STATESMAN BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMammoth\u003c\/em\u003e’s protagonist is a disenchanted young lesbian. She’s inexperienced, irritated by life, eager to gestate, and determined to strip everything else down to essentials. 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Desperate to get out of Barcelona, she goes to \u003cbr\u003eBrussels, ‘because a city whose symbol is a little boy pissing \u003cbr\u003ewas a city I knew I would like’; as an au pair in \u003cbr\u003eScotland, she develops a hatred of the colour green. And everywhere she goes, \u003cbr\u003eshe tries to break out of the roles set for her by family and society, chasing \u003cbr\u003eescape wherever it can be found: love affairs, travel, thoughts of suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of powerful, physical imagery, this prize-winning debut novel by acclaimed Catalan poet Eva Baltasar was a word-of-mouth hit in its own language. 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She seduces a string of random men in an attempt to get pregnant and moves to a remote farmhouse to take care of sheep, battle stray cats, dabble in sex work – all in search of a more powerful, deeply felt life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57510181372277,"sku":"9781916751835","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781916751835.jpg?v=1787130513"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-eva-baltasar.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}