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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...
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New special edition with a new afterword by the author of this shocking dystopian novel and TikTok sensation in which cannibalism is legal.
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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
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781805680857
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 14 May 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pushkin Press
Contributors:
- Translated by Sarah Moses
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 224
About the Author
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.
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