{"product_id":"the-remainder-9781566895507","title":"The Remainder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFelipe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlia Trabucco Zerán was born in Chile in 1983. She holds an MFA in creative writing in Spanish from New York University and a PhD in Latin American Studies from University College London. \u003cem\u003eLa Resta\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Remainder\u003c\/em\u003e) was chosen by \u003cem\u003eEl País\u003c\/em\u003e as one of its top ten debuts of 2015 and was granted a Best Literary Work Award from the Chilean Council for the Arts. She is also the author of \u003cem\u003eLas homicidas, \u003c\/em\u003e a non-fiction book about women who kill. Sophie Hughes is an award-winning translator from Spanish. She has been the recipient of an American PEN\/Heim Translation Fund grant, and in 2018 she was announced as one of the Arts Foundation 25th anniversary fellows for her contribution to the field of literary translation.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473833726226,"sku":"9781566895507","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a9c3b65d-0d78-4388-a8a1-b813cba3a005.jpg?v=1730204237","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-remainder-9781566895507","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}