New York Times Book Review The novel is horrific, yes, but fascinatingly provocative (and Orwellian) in the way it exposes the lengths society will go to deform language and avoid moral truths. Review Quotes PRAISE FOR TENDER IS THE FLESH BY AGUSTINA BAZTERRICA WINNER OF ARGENTINAS CLARN NOVELA PRIZE 2017 From the first words of the Argentine novelist Agustina Bazterricas second novel, Tender Is the Flesh, the reader is already the livestock in the line, reeling, primordially aware that this book is a butchers block, and nothing that happens next is going to be pretty. And soon, he bes tortured by what has been lost-and what might still be saved. Though hes 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. Then one day hes given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Now, eating human meat-special meat-is legal. Then governments initiated the Transition. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. Book Synopsis Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans-though no one calls them that anymore. About the Book Originally published in Argentina in 2017 by Alfaguara as Cadaver exquisito-Provided by publisher.
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