Pink Slime (ePub)
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
Named a MOST ANTICIPATED book of 2024 by LitHub
A harrowing, intimate novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them teeters on the edgemarking an award-winning Latin American author's US debut.
"An intimate,...
A harrowing, intimate novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them teeters on the edgemarking an award-winning Latin American author's US debut.
"An intimate,...
Erscheint am 02.07.2024
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Named a MOST ANTICIPATED book of 2024 by LitHub
A harrowing, intimate novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them teeters on the edgemarking an award-winning Latin American author's US debut.
"An intimate, melancholic look at an ecologically ravaged future." Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Mexican Gothic and Silver Nitrate • "Powerful and beautifully written." The Guardian
In a city ravaged by a mysterious plague, a woman tries to understand why her world is falling apart. An algae bloom has poisoned the previously pristine air that blows in from the sea. Inland, a secretive corporation churns out the only food anyone can afforda revolting pink paste, made of an unknown substance. In the short, desperate breaks between deadly windstorms, our narrator stubbornly tends to her few remaining relationships: with her difficult but vulnerable mother; with the ex-husband for whom she still harbors feelings; with the boy she nannies, whose parents sent him away even as terrible threats loomed. Yet as conditions outside deteriorate further, her commitment to remaining in place only growseven if staying means being left behind.
An evocative elegy for a safe, clean world, Pink Slime is buoyed by humor and its narrator's resiliency. This unforgettable novel explores the place where love, responsibility, and self-preservation converge, and the beauty and fragility of our most intimate relationships.
A harrowing, intimate novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them teeters on the edgemarking an award-winning Latin American author's US debut.
"An intimate, melancholic look at an ecologically ravaged future." Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Mexican Gothic and Silver Nitrate • "Powerful and beautifully written." The Guardian
In a city ravaged by a mysterious plague, a woman tries to understand why her world is falling apart. An algae bloom has poisoned the previously pristine air that blows in from the sea. Inland, a secretive corporation churns out the only food anyone can afforda revolting pink paste, made of an unknown substance. In the short, desperate breaks between deadly windstorms, our narrator stubbornly tends to her few remaining relationships: with her difficult but vulnerable mother; with the ex-husband for whom she still harbors feelings; with the boy she nannies, whose parents sent him away even as terrible threats loomed. Yet as conditions outside deteriorate further, her commitment to remaining in place only growseven if staying means being left behind.
An evocative elegy for a safe, clean world, Pink Slime is buoyed by humor and its narrator's resiliency. This unforgettable novel explores the place where love, responsibility, and self-preservation converge, and the beauty and fragility of our most intimate relationships.
Autoren-Porträt von Fernanda Trías
Fernanda Trías; Translated by Heather Cleary
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Fernanda Trías
- 2024, 240 Seiten, Englisch
- Übersetzer: Heather Cleary
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
- ISBN-10: 1668049791
- ISBN-13: 9781668049792
- Erscheinungsdatum: 02.07.2024
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