Tender is the Flesh
Tender is the Flesh
paperback | English
Published:
5 November, 2020
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Description
The viral TikTok sensation: the dystopian cannibal horror everyone is talking about
'A thrilling dystopia that everyone should read' DAZED
'A hideous, bold, unforgettable vision of the future' i-D MAGAZINE
If everyone was eating human meat, would you?
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 specimen of the finest quality. He leaves her tied up in an outhouse, 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...
READER REVIEWS
'As thought provoking as it is bone chilling'
'Intoxicatingly terrifying'
'Relentlessly twisted... Has stuck with me more than a year later'
'Sickening in every way... Unforgettable'
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781782276203 |
| ISBN10 | 1782276203 |
| Number Of Pages | 224 |
| Item Weight | 1000 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Pushkin Press |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
'Horribly effective... This provocative novel expertly wields a double-edged cleaver... 'in the end, meat is meat, it doesn't matter where it's from'; it's a statement of both dystopic extremity and banal everyday fact' - Guardian
'A compelling dystopian novel' - Independent
'This is a hideous, bold and unforgettable vision of the future. Just make sure you've eaten before picking it up' - i-D magazine
'Told with a chilly aloofness that makes the horror of it all the more disturbing' - Financial Times
'A thrilling dystopia that everyone should read' - Dazed
'A skin crawling yet compelling read' - Refinery29
GoodReads Reviews
Author's Bio
Agustina Bazterrica is an Argentinian novelist and short-story writer. She is a central figure in the Buenos Aires literary scene, working as a cultural organiser and workshop curator. She has received several awards for her writing, most notably the Premio Clarín Novela for Tender is the Flesh, which has been translated into over 20 languages. Her short stories, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird, and her third novel, The Unworthy, are also available from Pushkin Press. Sarah Moses is a Canadian writer and translator of French and Spanish. Her translations include Tender is the Flesh, Urgent Matters by Paula Rodríguez and Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz, which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize, among other awards.