Cadáver exquisito
(Spanish Language)
Published
Madrid : Alfaguara, [2020].
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249 pages ; 24 cm.
Status
Adult Español / NOVELA
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Published
Madrid : Alfaguara, [2020].
Format
Spanish Language
Language
Spanish
Notes
General Note
Also published in English as Tender is the flesh. Originally published in Spanish ©2017, Arte Gráfico Editorial Argentino S.A.
Description
La súbita aparición de un virus letal que ataca a los animales modifica de manera irreversible el mundo: desde las fieras hasta las mascotas deben ser sistemáticamente sacrificadas, y su carne ya no puede ser consumida. Los gobiernos enfrentan la situación con una decisión drástica: legalizando la cría, reproducción, matanza y procesamiento de carne humana. El canibalismo es ley y la sociedad ha quedado dividida en dos grupos: los que comen y los que son comidos.
Marcos Tejo, encargado general del frigorífico Krieg, separado de su esposa y a cargo de su padre, es un oscuro burócrata. El día en que recibe como regalo una mujer criada para el consumo, las tentaciones lo transforman en una conciencia peligrosa de pliegues truculentos que lo llevará a transgredir las nuevas normas hasta límites que la sociedad desconoce.
¿Qué resto de humanidad cabe cuando los muertos son cremados para evitar su consumo? ¿Quién es el otro si, de verdad, somos lo que comemos?
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"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 about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that animals had been infected with a virus and their meat had become poisonous. Then governments initiated the Transition. Now, human meat--"special meat"--is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he's given a gift: a specimen of the finest quality. He leaves her in his barn, tied up, a problem to be disposed of later. But she haunts Marcos. Her trembling body, her watchful, knowing eyes. 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. From Agustina Bazterrica, one of Latin America's most celebrated and original new voices, Tender Is the Flesh is propulsive and profound, a searing cautionary tale about the cost of consumption and the ties that bind and break us."--Provided by publisher.
Awards
Premio Clarín Novela, 2017
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bazterrica, A. M. (2020). Cadáver exquisito . Alfaguara.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bazterrica, Agustina María, 1974-. 2020. Cadáver Exquisito. Alfaguara.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bazterrica, Agustina María, 1974-. Cadáver Exquisito Alfaguara, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bazterrica, Agustina María. Cadáver Exquisito Alfaguara, 2020.
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