Though both surreal and captivating, the plot of this novel feels largely secondary to the cathartic experience of reading it. Together, they embark on a road trip in a hearse to recover the body of Paloma's mother, which has been lost in transit on its way to Chile. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Remainder. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Three children of ex-militants-Iquela, Felipe and Paloma-are reunited as adults in the wake of the Pinochet regime. A coffin, a camera, a bottle of pisco: three friends embark on a road trip through the Andes to confront a. The Remainder - Kindle edition by Trabucco Zerán, Alia, Hughes, Sophie. More Info Read more about The Remainder here.

In 2019 The Remainder was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. Zeran ' s elegiac novel deals less in narrative than sensation, and the loss or lack thereof. La Resta ( The Remainder ), her debut novel, won the prize for Best Unpublished Literary Work awarded by the Chilean Council for the Arts in 2014, and on publication was chosen by El Pas as one of its top ten debuts of 2015. And Other Stories has now brought this intelligent and immersive novel, skilfully translated into English by Sophie Hughes, to a new audience, as part of their year of publishing only women authors. The Remainder won the Chilean Council for the Arts’ honor for an unpublished literary work in 2014, and on publication was chosen by El País as one of its Top 10 debuts of 2015. Upon publication in 2015, it was chosen by El Pais as one of its top ten debuts. Zerán is a former Fulbright scholar and holds a PhD in Spanish and Latin American Studies from University College London.

It focuses on three individuals whose parents were allies involved in the struggle to overthrow the dictator. La Resta (The Remainder), Alia Trabucco Zeran's debut novel, was awarded the prize for Best Unpublished Literary Work by the Chilean Council for the Arts in 2014. The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zern, translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes, is set in Chile after the end of the Pinochet dictatorship and the restoration of democracy.

The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán