It all happened so quickly. First, animals became infected with the virus and their meat became poisonous. Then governments initiated the Transition. Now, 'special meat' - human meat - is legal. Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans - only no one calls them that. He works with numbers, consignments, processing. One day, he's given a gift to seal a deal: 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, and watchful gaze, seem to understand. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost - and what might still be saved.
About the author
Agustina Bazterrica was born in Buenos Aires in 1974. She has a degree in Arts (UBA).
She won the First Municipal Prize of the City of Buenos Aires Unpublished Story 2004/5, the First Prize in the XXXVIII Latin American Short Story Contest "Edmundo Valadés", Puebla, Mexico, 2009, the Clarín Novel Prize 2017, the Ladys of Horror Fiction 2021 (USA), among others.
She was a jury member of literary contests, among which the National Fund for the Arts Award, 2021, and the 12th Itaú Digital Short Story Award, 2022, stand out.
In 2013 she published the novel "Matar a la niña" (Textos intrusos). In 2016 she published the book of short stories "Antes del encuentro feroz" (Alción Editora) and in December 2017 the novel Cádaver exquisito (Tender is the flesh) was published by the Clarín-Alfaguara publishing label, with 8 published editions. The television series of this book is in the works. In 2020 Alfaguara published a new compilation of his stories with the title "Nineteen claws and a black bird".
Her books have been translated into more than 20 languages.
In 2023 she finished a new soon-to-be-published novel.
She was manager and cultural curator of the Follow the White Rabbit Art Cycle together with Pamela Terlizzi Prina from 2015 to 2020
She coordinates reading workshops.
