Tender Is the Flesh
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Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore.
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. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing.
Then one day he’s given a a live specimen of the finest quality. 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. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.
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Bibliographic source: Open Library- Who wrote Tender Is the Flesh?
Tender Is the Flesh is by Agustina Bazterrica. The catalogue records its first publication in 2015. A later edition may have a different publication date on its copyright page.
- How long is Tender Is the Flesh?
The catalogue records 224 pages for a representative edition. Pagination varies with the publisher, format, type size and translation, so check the edition you intend to read.
