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Tender is the Flesh
Agustina Bazterrica
Synopsis "Tender is the Flesh"
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 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.
Agustina Bazterrica nació en Buenos Aires en 1974. Es licenciada en Artes (UBA). Publicó las novelas Matar a la niña (2103) y Cadáver exquisito (Alfaguara, 2017; Premio Clarín Novela), que dio lugar a numerosas traducciones, presentaciones en festivales y ferias del libro, lecturas en escuelas y en distintos eventos del país y del extranjero; fue publicado en Francia, Finlandia, Alemania e Inglaterra y próximamente lo será en Estados Unidos, Taiwán, Arabia Saudita y Holanda, entre otros países.
Diecinueve garras y un pájaro oscuro es la edición revisada y ampliada del volumen de cuentos publicado en 2016 con el título Antes del encuentro feroz. Varios de los textos aquí incluidos fueron premiados (Primer Premio Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires «Cuento Inédito 2004/2005» y Primer Premio del Concurso Latinoamericano de Cuento «Edmundo Valadés», Puebla, México, 2009, entre otros). Bazterrica es gestora y curadora cultural del Ciclo de Arte «Siga al Conejo Blanco». Coordina talleres de lectura y escritura.
