Tender is the Flesh
Translated from Spanish by Sarah Moses.
- £9.99
- Available
- Paperback published on 05/11/2020
- Page count: 224 pages
- ISBN: 9781782276203
Quick take
Everyone's eating human meat. Would you? The shocking, darkly gripping dystopian novel in which cannibalism is legal.
Synopsis
It all happened so quickly. First, animals became infected with the virus and their meat became poisonous. Then governments initiated the Transition.
Now, 'special meat' - human meat - is legal. Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans - only no one calls them that. He works with numbers, consignments, processing.
One day, he's given a gift to seal a deal: a specimen of the finest quality. He leaves her in his barn, tied up, a problem to be disposed of later. But she haunts Marcos.
Her trembling body, and watchful gaze, seem to understand. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost - and what might still be saved.
About the author
Agustina Bazterrica is an Argentine writer. She was born in Buenos Aires, and studied Fine Arts at UBA. She is noted for her short stories and her novels, and has won multiple literary prizes.
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