Pink Slime

Winner of the Uruguayan National Literature Prize for Fiction, the Bartolom�-Hidalgo Fiction Prize, and the Sor Juana In�s 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 Slime�offers profound reflections on motherhood, marriage, and caregiving, set against the backdrop of a�crumbling�city.