Book description
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…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Boulder as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The narrator in this book reminds me of Lise, the main character in Muriel Spark’s The Driver’s Seat. Boulder is tired of life and her job, leaving her washed out.
This book explores the lives of women in a triptych first-person style with little men in sight. The cynical unnamed narrator also happens to be a young lesbian navigating her life through sex and depression.
Routine affects peoples’ lives differently, and love has no boundaries, so as the story evolves over ten years, we find Boulder and Samsa discussing the possibility of having a child. A solid read about…
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