{"title":"Fiction - World Literature - Uruguay","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"pink-slime-9781668049785","title":"Pink Slime","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for Translated Literature - Named a BEST BOOK of 2024 by NPR, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eScreenRant\u003c\/i\u003e - \"The disconcerting familiarity of this strange, windswept world will haunt you.\" --\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hair-raising, poetic novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them edges toward apocalypse.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. 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This vivid and unforgettable novel explores the place where love, responsibility, and self-preservation converge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fernanda Trías\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668049785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFernanda Trías was born in Uruguay and is the award-winning author of three novels, two of which have been published in English. 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In 2017, she was selected as Writer-in-Residence at the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid, where she started writing her latest novel, \u003ci\u003ePink Slime\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeather Cleary\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis based in New York and Mexico City. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTranslator's Visibility: Scenes from Contemporary Latin American Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and has written about translation for publications such as \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwo Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Her mission is to watch the borders and report any anomalies to the guard. Her journals record her spartan routine and memories of a childhood with a brutal mother and unrealized dreams of an education. In the background, there is the constant rumble from the quarry and armored trucks. One day, she finds a body in the yard; fearful of attracting attention, she and the guard decide to bury it. But another soon appears. 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Es autora de las novelas\u003ci\u003e Cuaderno para un solo ojo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e La azotea\u003c\/i\u003e y\u003ci\u003e La ciudad invencible\u003c\/i\u003e, y del libro de cuentos\u003ci\u003e No soñarás flores\u003c\/i\u003e. Sus libros se han publicado en Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, España, Francia, México y Uruguay, y próximamente también en Grecia, Inglaterra y Estados Unidos. Ha integrado numerosas antologías de nueva narrativa latinoamericana y sus relatos se han traducido al alemán, el inglés, el italiano, el hebreo, el francés y el portugués. Obtuvo la beca Unesco-Aschberg (Francia 2004), el Premio Fundación BankBoston a la Cultura Nacional (Uruguay 2016) y el premio SEGIB-Eñe-Casa de Velázquez. Su última novela, \u003ci\u003eMugre Rosa\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) ha sido galardonada con el prestigioso premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz otorgado por la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara, el Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo y el Premio Nacional de Literatura de Uruguay. Actualmente vive en Bogotá y es la escritora en residencia de la Universidad de los Andes.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Fernanda Tr\u0026#195;\u0026#173;as \/ Paperback \/ Spanish","offer_id":48749570097309,"sku":"9788439744566","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_2217f400-2ac4-407e-aaa2-0a12e8c5bb5c.jpg?v=1785917318"},{"product_id":"la-tregua-truce-9788490626726","title":"La Tregua \/ Truce","description":"\u003cb\u003eUna novela sobre la soledad y la incomunicación, el amor y la sexualidad, la muerte y los problemas políticos. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartín Santomé, viudo con tres hijos, en las vísperas de su jubilación comienza a registrar en un diario su vida gris y sin relieve. 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