5/29/2023 0 Comments Book tender is the flesh![]() ![]() ![]() From Agustina Bazterrica, One Of Latin America’s Most Celebrated And Original New Voices, Tender Is The Flesh Is Propulsive And Profound, A Searing Cautionary Tale About The Cost Of Consumption And The Ties That Bind And Break Us. And Soon, He Becomes Tortured By What Has Been Lost-and What Might Still Be Saved. Though He’s Aware That Any Form Of Personal Contact Is Forbidden On Pain Of Death, Little By Little He Starts To Treat Her Like A Human Being. Her Trembling Body, Her Watchful, Knowing Eyes. He Leaves Her In His Barn, Tied Up, A Problem To Be Disposed Of Later. Then One Day He’s Given A Gift: A Specimen Of The Finest Quality. Marcos Tries To Stick To Numbers, Consignments, Processing. Then Governments Initiated The Transition. First, It Was Reported That Animals Had Been Infected With A Virus And Their Meat Had Become Poisonous. Initially published in Argentina in 2017, the book’s 2020 debut into the English-speaking world coincided perfectly with the social trauma inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic. ![]() His Wife Has Left Him, His Father Is Sinking Into Dementia, And Marcos Tries Not To Think About How He Makes A Living. Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica is one of the most polarizing works of fiction I’ve had the pleasure (or rather, agony) of reading. Working At The Local Processing Plant, Marcos Is In The Business Of Slaughtering Humans-though No One Calls Them That Anymore. The Electrifying, Award-winning, Internationally Bestselling Novel About A Dystopian World In Which Animals Have Been Wiped Out, Humans Are Being Harvested For Food, And Society Has Been Divided Into Those Who Eat And Those Who Are Eaten. ![]()
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