Permafrost

Synopsis

The narrator of Permafrost is brilliant, funny, fiercely independent, and determined to live life entirely on her own terms. Restless in Barcelona and resistant to the expectations of family, work, and conventional relationships, she moves through a series of lovers, cities, and fleeting connections while quietly carrying an intimate relationship with thoughts of death. Her sharp observations and dark humour reveal a woman searching not for happiness, but for a way of existing honestly in a world that continually asks her to become someone else.

Winner of the Catalan booksellers' Llibreter Prize, Eva Baltasar's acclaimed debut is an uncompromising exploration of desire, solitude, mental health, and female autonomy. Written with startling lyricism and emotional precision, Permafrost is both deeply unsettling and unexpectedly life-affirming. Translated from the Catalan by Julia Sanches, it launched Baltasar as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary European literature.

About the Author

Eva Baltasar is a Catalan poet and novelist whose award-winning poetry established her as one of Spain's leading literary voices before the publication of Permafrost, her first novel. The book became a word-of-mouth sensation, won the prestigious Llibreter Prize, and is the opening novel in her internationally acclaimed triptych, followed by Boulder and Mammoth. This edition is translated by Julia Sanches, an award-winning translator of Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese literature.

Publisher

And Other Stories

Publication Date

April 6, 2021

Format

Paperback

Pages

128

Subjects

Literary Fiction · Fiction in Translation · Catalan Literature · LGBTQ+ Fiction · Psychological Fiction · Contemporary Fiction

ISBN

9781911508755