A review by drlark
Permafrost by Eva Baltasar

dark reflective slow-paced

3.5

A meandering, mostly vibes meditation on having/not having kids, sex and sexuality, suicide, and familial love. I like the complexity of the narrator -- a woman drifting through life who just wants to read books, have lots of sex with lots of women, and determine the right time to exit the world. Though that last one gets consistently derailed. Sometimes funny, sometimes super dark, and sometimes over-written, this is a quick, moody read that I picked up for Women In Translation Month. Glad I did, as it definitely has a European sensibility -- our narrator moving from Barcelona to Scotland to Belgium, teaching Spanish, speaking Catalan, and au pair-ing in English -- that I enjoyed.
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