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Boulder works as a cook on a merchant ship, moving from port to port, until she meets Samsa, who nicknames her Boulder. When Samsa gets a job in Reykjavik, the two move there together. Then Samsa decides, at forty, that she wants a child, and Boulder, far less enthusiastic, finds herself dragged along on the journey. A spare, sensual novel about love, desire, freedom and motherhood, translated from the Catalan by Julia Sanches and shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.