Monday, January 16, 2023

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica


Started: 1/15/2023

Finished: 1/16/2023

Year: 2017

Pages: 209

Genre: horror

Grade: B

Reason for reading: library book

Type: paperback

Blurb (from Amazon): "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 gift: 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."

Opinion: Definitely a very morbid topic that will make some think.

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