The Remainder
Alia Trabucco Zerán
Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
Longlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize
Felipe and Iquela, two young friends in modern day Santiago, live in the legacy of Chile’s dictatorship. Felipe prowls the streets counting dead bodies real and imagined, aspiring to a perfect number that might offer closure. Iquela and Paloma, an old acquaintance from Iquela’s childhood, search for a way to reconcile their fragile lives with their parents’ violent militant past. The body of Paloma’s mother gets lost in transit, sending the three on a pisco-fueled journey up the cordillera as they confront the pain that stretches across generations.
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chile, latin american fiction, diaspora, hispanic fiction, post-dictatorial fiction, latina fiction, road trip, south american fiction, political fiction, generational trauma, chilean fiction, chilean diaspora, modern south american writers, books about the consequences of war, modern latin american fiction, modern south american fiction, female friendships, latinx fiction, women writers, man booker international, man booker prize