Pink Slime: A Novel by Fernanda Trías (Hardcover)

Fiction - Horror - World Literature - Uruguay - Literary  RELEASE DATE: 7/2/2024 (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER'S WAREHOUSE) Translated by: Heather Cleary 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 edge—marking 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 afford—a revolting pink paste, made of an unknown substance. In the short, desperate breaks between deadly windstorms, our narrator stubbornly tends to her few remaining r