Agustina Bazterrica
Agustina Bazterrica is an Argentinian author known for her novel 'Tender is the Flesh', which explores themes of society, ethics, and the human condition through a dystopian lens.
Books
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1. The Unworthy
A woman confined to a secretive religious order writes her life from a cell, labeled an “unworthy” while dreaming of joining the Enlightened at the convent’s center. Outside, a collapsed world of flooded cities and lawless survivors presses at the walls; when a new arrival joins the ranks of the unworthy, the narrator’s buried past and the true nature of the sisterhood begin to unravel, forcing her to confront belief, power, and survival.
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2. Tender Is The Flesh
In a dystopian world where animal meat is no longer consumable due to a virus, society turns to human meat as the new source of sustenance. The story follows Marcos, who works at a processing plant, as he navigates the moral complexities and emotional turmoil of this grim reality. As he grapples with his own grief and the dehumanization around him, Marcos is forced to confront the boundaries of humanity and morality when he is given a live human specimen. The novel explores themes of power, exploitation, and the fragility of societal norms in a chilling and thought-provoking narrative.
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