Tender is the Flesh
Agustina Bazterrica author Sarah Moses translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pushkin Press
Published:5th Nov '20
Should be back in stock very soon
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'
'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
ISBN: 9781782276203
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
224 pages