{"product_id":"tender-is-the-flesh-agustina-bazterrica","title":"Tender is the Flesh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIAL EDITION with a new afterword by the author · Over one million copies sold\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf everyone was eating human meat, would you?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcos is in the business of slaughtering humans — only nobody calls them that. He deals in numbers, consignments, processing. One day he is given a specimen of the finest quality. He leaves her tied up in an outhouse, a problem to be dealt with later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut she stays with him. Her trembling body and watchful gaze seem to understand. Slowly Marcos becomes tortured by what has been lost, and by what might still be saved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBazterrica's Argentinian prizewinner takes the logic of the meat industry and moves it one step sideways, and the effect is both unbearable and impossible to stop reading. Mark Haddon called it \u003cem\u003eabsolutely disgusting, utterly gripping\u003c\/em\u003e. The \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e called it \u003cem\u003ehorribly effective\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgustina Bazterrica\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Argentinian novelist and short-story writer and a central figure in the Buenos Aires literary scene. \u003cem\u003eTender is the Flesh\u003c\/em\u003e won the Premio Clarín Novela and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Her story collection \u003cem\u003eNineteen Claws and a Black Bird\u003c\/em\u003e and her novel \u003cem\u003eThe Unworthy\u003c\/em\u003e are also published by Pushkin Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Moses\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEdition details\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePushkin Press special edition paperback, 224 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew afterword by the author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished 14 May 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background:#fef2f2;border-left:4px solid #dc2626;padding:12px;margin-top:18px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent note:\u003c\/strong\u003e This novel contains graphic depictions of violence, cannibalism, sexual violence and animal and human cruelty. Intended for adult readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52466146443480,"sku":"9781805680857","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/getimage-54.jpg?v=1789484888","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/tender-is-the-flesh-agustina-bazterrica","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}