Bøger af Fernanda Trías

Verden er det her hus, siger Clara, som forsøger at beskytte sine kære fra en verden uden for hjemmets fire vægge, der synes at udgøre en stadig større trussel. Clara har lukket sig inde i en mørk lejlighed sammen med sin far, sin datter og en kanariefugl, og tagterrassen bliver det sted, hvor hun finder den sidste rest af frihed. Kommer trusler og smerte udefra eller inde fra vores egen krop? Hvoraf opstår volden? Hvad er vi bange for? Fernanda Trías forsøger ikke at besvare disse spørgsmål om instinkt, civilisation og tabuer, men hun giver dem form og graver dybt ned i dem med denne groteske og stærke roman, skrevet med nærmest kafkask humor. Tagterrassen er en klaustrofobisk roman om frihed, men også om angst, vold og moderskab og om det at miste. ”Trías har skabt en verden, hvor alle sociale normer og konventioner går i opløsning, hvor en hjælpsom nabo bliver til en spion, og tagterrassen på et lejlighedskompleks til det eneste fristed fra en verden, der er ved at smuldre. En foruroligende kraftpræstation af en af de mest spændende og nyskabende nulevende latinamerikanske forfattere.” Morning Star

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 Slime offers profound reflections on motherhood, marriage, and caregiving, set against the backdrop of a crumbling city.

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.

Lyserødt snask er en urovækkende roman med en prosa, der er rig på poetiske elementer. Fernanda Trías opbygger et ekstraordinært univers, der blotlægger den enorme skønhed, men også den kolossale smerte, der findes i de skrøbelige menneskelige relationer.I en verden, der minder om Montevideo i Uruguay, hærget af en mystisk pest, forsøger en kvinde at finde ud af, hvorfor hendes verden smuldrer og falder fra hinanden.Det er ikke på grund af truslen om sygdom og død forårsaget af de giftige alger og den mystiske røde vind.Det er heller ikke den kritiske fødevaresituation, hvor befolkningen brødfødes med en massefremstillet lyserød kødmasse.

En un apartamento en ruinas, en una ciudad uruguaya sin nombre, un padre y su hija se encierran y se aislan del mundo exterior. "e;El mundo es esta casa"e;, dice Clara. La azotea se vuelve su ultimo y unico acceso a la libertad. Hay un solo testigo: el canario.A medida que los vinculos de Clara con el afuera se van extinguiendo -la vecina que deja de venir, el novio cuya existencia es aparente solo a traves de un embarazo-, la desesperacion y la paranoia van tomando protagonismo. Es un abrazo que asfixia, y nosotros estamos aqui 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.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.

We begin where we end: what happened in this rundown apartment, closed off from the world?