Pink Slime A Novel
Pink Slime A Novel by Fernanda Trías, published by Simon and Schuster on July 22, 2025, is a 240-page work written in English. This novel presents a hair-raising and poetic narrative centered on a woman navigating a city ravaged by a mysterious plague. As the air becomes poisoned by an algae bloom and a secretive corporation produces a disturbing pink paste as the only affordable food, the protagonist grapples with her crumbling world while tending to her relationships with her mother, ex-husband, and a young boy she cares for.
Readers will find an evocative exploration of love, responsibility, and self-preservation amid apocalyptic conditions. The narrative captures the disconcerting familiarity of a world on the brink, where the protagonist’s commitment to her remaining connections intensifies even as external circumstances worsen. Pink Slime delves into themes of resilience and the haunting nature of a deteriorating environment, offering a vivid portrayal of human relationships in the face of despair.
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Longlisted for the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for Translated Literature • Named a BEST BOOK of 2024 by NPR, Esquire, Publishers Weekly, and ScreenRant • “The disconcerting familiarity of this strange, windswept world will haunt you.” —Esquire
A hair-raising, poetic novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them edges toward apocalypse.
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.
An evocative elegy for a safe, clean world, Pink Slime is buoyed by humor and its narrator’s resiliency. This vivid and unforgettable novel explores the place where love, responsibility, and self-preservation converge.
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