{"product_id":"cadaver-exquisito-tender-is-the-flesh","title":"Cadáver exquisito \/ Tender is the Flesh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePREMIO CLAR\u0026amp;Iacute;N 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEn esta despiadada distop\u0026amp;iacute;a -tan brutal como sutil, tan aleg\u0026amp;oacute;rica como realista-, Agustina Bazterrica inspira, con el poder explosivo de la ficci\u0026amp;oacute;n, sensaciones y debates de suma actualidad.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLa s\u0026amp;uacute;bita aparici\u0026amp;oacute;n de un virus letal que ataca a los animales modifica de manera irreversible el mundo: desde las fieras hasta las mascotas deben ser sistem\u0026amp;aacute;ticamente sacrificadas, y su carne ya no puede ser consumida. Los gobiernos enfrentan la situaci\u0026amp;oacute;n con una decisi\u0026amp;oacute;n dr\u0026amp;aacute;stica: legalizando la cr\u0026amp;iacute;a, reproducci\u0026amp;oacute;n, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarcos Tejo, encargado general del frigor\u0026amp;iacute;fico Krieg, separado de su esposa y a cargo de su padre, es un oscuro bur\u0026amp;oacute;crata. El d\u0026amp;iacute;a en que recibe como regalo una mujer criada para el consumo, las tentaciones lo transforman en una conciencia peligrosa de pliegues truculentos que lo llevar\u0026amp;aacute; a transgredir las nuevas normas hasta l\u0026amp;iacute;mites que la sociedad desconoce.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp;iquest;Qu\u0026amp;eacute; resto de humanidad cabe cuando los muertos son cremados para evitar su consumo? \u0026amp;iquest;Qui\u0026amp;eacute;n es el otro si, de verdad, somos lo que comemos?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe electrifying, award-winning, internationally bestselling novel about a dystopian world in which animals have been wiped out, humans are being harvested for food, and society has been divided into those who eat and those who are eaten.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWorking at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans\u0026amp;mdash;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\u0026amp;mdash;\u0026amp;ldquo;special meat\u0026amp;rdquo;\u0026amp;mdash;is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen one day he\u0026amp;rsquo;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\u0026amp;rsquo;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\u0026amp;mdash;and what might still be saved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Agustina Bazterrica, one of Latin America\u0026amp;rsquo;s most celebrated and original new voices, \u003ci\u003eTender Is the Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e is propulsive and profound, a searing cautionary tale about the cost of consumption and the ties that bind and break us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRH Grupo Editorial","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback","offer_id":49738938712291,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9788420433424","price":137.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/7d15bc9ff7a3-9788420433424.jpg?v=1789548715","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/en-mo\/products\/cadaver-exquisito-tender-is-the-flesh","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}