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Eva Baltasar

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In Eva Baltasar's novel Boulder, the protagonist and first person narrator Boulder finally achieves contentment while living and working at sea. However, after falling in love with Samsa, she decides to sacrifice her nomadic lifestyle and settle in Reykjavík. When relational, societal, and vocational pressures begin to augment Boulder's restlessness, she must interrogate the essence of who she is and what she wants. Embracing an unconventional narrative form, the novel explores themes including identity, loneliness, and desire.