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Alia Trabucco Zerán

Born 1983 · Chile

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    International Booker 2019 · Shortlist

    The Remainder

    La resta

    Alia Trabucco Zerán · 31 when first published

    Novel · 208 pages · Politics, Family

    Translated by Sophie Hughes

    AI-generated summary:When the body of a Chilean woman who lived in exile under the dictatorship is stranded in the Andes, her daughter and two childhood friends, children of former militants, set out by hearse across the mountains to bring it home.