Fernanda Trías

Winner of the Uruguayan National Literature Prize for Fiction, the Bartolomé-Hidalgo Fiction Prize, and the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Literature Prize.


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 the city, forcing everyone indoors at the sound of a siren. Those exposed to the wind fall ill; much of the coast has been evacuated, with rich people migrating inland to escape the wind, while others remain behind, sheltering in abandoned houses as blackouts and food shortages abound, and a black-market economy reigns. 


The unnamed narrator is one of those who has stayed, looking after a boy who’s been placed in her care. As the city outside continues to break down, she reflects on the collapse of her emotional ties, the uncertainty of this new world, and the emergence of a radical solitude. 


With striking prose and vivid characters, Pink Slime offers profound reflections on motherhood, marriage, and caregiving, set against the backdrop of a climate-ravaged, deteriorating city. 

Pink Slime

Mugre rosa

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. 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 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 grows—even 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 Novel

La azotea

La ciudad invencible

In a rundown apartment building, in an unnamed city in Uruguay, a father and daughter close themselves off from the world. ‘The world is this house’, says Clara, and the rooftop becomes their last recess of freedom. A pet canary is their only witness. As Clara’s connection to the outside is stripped away—the neighbor who stops coming by, the lover whose existence is only known by a pregnancy—desperation and paranoia take hold. It's a stifling embrace, and we are there with her, our narrator, dreading what we know the future holds.

The Rooftop

No soñarás flores

La ciudad invencible es una cartografía personal de Buenos Aires. Es en esta ciudad, y no en otra, donde una escritora uruguaya recibe la noticia de la muerte de su padre. Mientras recorre las calles, ella busca esquinas donde cultivar recuerdos que no se relacionen con ±la Rata», el exnovio violento al que denunció por maltrato. Esta novela, en la que el vértigo del recién llegado se encuentra con nuevos afectos, es una forma de apropiarse de un territorio y entregárselo al lector a través de una mirada aguda y desgarrada.

Winner of the Uruguayan National Literature Prize for Fiction, the Bartolomé-Hidalgo Fiction Prize, and the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Literature Prize. 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 Slimeoffers profound reflections on motherhood, marriage, and caregiving, set against the backdrop of a crumbling city.

Ein berührender Roman darüber, wie Krisen unsere intimsten Bindungen auf die Probe stellen Eine Frau zieht durch eine Hafenstadt, deren Infrastruktur zusammengebrochen ist. Wie fremdgesteuert pendelt sie zwischen ihrer isoliert lebenden Mutter, dem erkrankten Ex-Mann und einem Kind, das nicht ihres ist und für das sie doch Zärtlichkeit hegt. Sie bewegt sich aus schlichter Notwendigkeit, und erst als die Stadt immer leerer wird, ihre Bindungen gekappt sind, steht sie vor der Frage, was sie will. Mit einer verstörenden, zeitweise eigentümlich lyrischen, Prosa schafft Fernanda Trías ein außergewöhnliches Universum, das die Zerbrechlichkeit menschlicher Beziehungen auslotet. Der Roman fragt nach dem Verhältnis von bezahlter und unbezahlter Care-Arbeit und danach, wie freiwillig unsere Beziehungen, wie handlungsfähig wir selbst sind. Rosa Schleim erzählt die Geschichte einer Frau und ihrer Einsamkeit, von einer ökologischen Katastrophe und einer zerstörten Welt, von Mutterschaft, Hunger und Stille. *** »Mit herzzerreißenden Schönheit erzählt.« Jordi Carrión, The New York Times »Ein poetischer und hartnäckiger Wirbelwind, schrecklich und erhaben.« Aura Lucía Mera , El País Colombia

Roman | Preisgekrönte Eco-Lit aus Südamerika

Rosa Schleim

Cuaderno para un solo ojo

Pero no fue hasta la semana después, cuando pasó lo del teléfono, que pensé realmente en eso: que el olor de mi padre sería lo primero en olvidarse, lo más frágil, y fue como si de pronto mi padre muriera de nuevo, pero ya no solo, en su casa, tratando de abrirle la puerta a los paramédicos, sino ante mí, en mis propios brazos, literalmente en mis narices. Coedición digital Laguna Libros - eLibros, derechos solo para Colombia y México.

En un apartamento en ruinas, en una ciudad uruguaya sin nombre, un padre y su hija se encierran y se aíslan del mundo exterior. “El mundo es esta casa”, dice Clara. La azotea se vuelve su último y único acceso a la libertad. Hay un solo testigo: el canario.A medida que los vínculos de Clara con el afuera se van extinguiendo -la vecina que deja de venir, el novio cuya existencia es aparente solo a través de un embarazo-, la desesperación y la paranoia van tomando protagonismo. Es un abrazo que asfixia, y nosotros estamos aquí con ella, nuestra narradora, aterrados ante lo que trae el devenir. _In a rundown apartment building, in an unnamed city in Uruguay, a father and daughter close themselves off from the world. ‘The world is this house’, says Clara, and the rooftop becomes their last recess of freedom. A pet canary is their only witness. _As Clara’s connection to the outside is stripped away—the neighbor who stops coming by, the lover whose existence is only known by a pregnancy—desperation and paranoia take hold. It's a stifling embrace, and we are there with her, our narrator, dreading what we know the future holds.

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