
The Remainder
by Alia Trabucco Zeran
3.46
Literary Fiction
Political Fiction
Intense
Reflective
Unsettling
This compact novel follows a woman reflecting on friendship, guilt, and the aftermath of violence. Set against the legacy of dictatorship in Chile, the narrative interrogates responsibility and complicity. Trabucco Zeran’s prose is sharp and unsentimental. Silence speaks as loudly as confession. The novel resists closure. Intense and morally probing.
