Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías (Uruguay)

"Pink Slime" by Fernanda Trías is a science fiction novel set in a South American port city ravaged by an environmental crisis. The story follows an unnamed narrator who remains in the city despite a deadly red wind and food shortages, caring for a boy with a unique eating disorder. The novel explores themes of motherhood, marriage, and caregiving against a backdrop of ecological and societal collapse, highlighting themes of resilience, isolation, and the fragility of memory.