Transitioning to dystopiaĪlternate universe, forecast and allegory – all at onceĪ 2017 episode of journalism podcast The Tip-off describes how a journalist at the Washington Post uncovered systemic torture at Syria’s notorious Hospital 601, revealing: “ the hospitals were slaughterhouses”. Like the book, it won’t be suitable for everyone. This page considers ways of interpreting Tender is the Flesh, by Argentinian novelist Agustina Bazterrica – with spoilers. While some revel in this new taste for the taboo, for Marcos the slaughterhouse masks grief and heartbreak. It’s illegal to eat people with a first and last name … unless you find a loophole. This is “special meat”, and the humans raised for consumption known only as “heads”. It’s completely legal – in fact, after a virus destroys the animal population, they’re the only source of meat. But what do we talk about when we talk about cannibalism? Tender is the Flesh serves up a dystopia in which animals are off the menu and eating humans is the norm.
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