The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

A coffin, a camera, a bottle of pisco: three friends embark on a road trip through Chile to confront a history they can neither remember nor forget. Shortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International PrizeFelipe 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 asthey confront the pain that stretches across generations. | The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran, Paperback | Indigo Chapters