Pink slime : a novel / Fernanda Trías ; translated by Heather Cleary.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781420518061
- ISBN: 1420518062
- Physical Description: 297 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: [Waterville, ME] : Thorndike Press, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
General Note: | First published in Spanish as Mugre Rosa by Literatura Random House in 2020. |
Summary, etc.: | A port city is in the grips of an ecological crisis. The river has filled with toxic algae, and a deadly 'red wind' blows through its streets; much of the coast has been evacuated as the wealthy migrate inland to safety, leaving the rest to shelter in abandoned houses as blackouts and food shortages abound. The unnamed narrator is one of those who has stayed. She spends her days trying to disentangle herself from the two relationships that had once meant everything to her, and looking after the young boy who's been placed in her care. As the world in which they move becomes smaller, she reflects on the collapse of the other emotional ties in her life and the emergence of a radical yet tender solitude. With striking prose and vivid characters, the multi-award-winning Pink Slime offers profound reflections on motherhood, marriage, and caregiving, set against the backdrop of a crumbling city. |
Language Note: | In English, translated from the Spanish. |
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Subject: | Port cities > Fiction. Environmental disasters > Fiction. Toxic algae > Fiction. Reflection (Philosophy) > Fiction. Large type books. |
Genre: | Apocalyptic fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.