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Bok_Tukalo

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8. "Tender is the Flesh" by Agustina Bazterrica

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2026, 12:53 PM

Jun 14

It is a dystopian Argentine novella about the industrialization of cannibalism. People are cattle for other people.

Seems like a metaphor for the class system of the world. Even to the point that while consuming people with two names is frowned upon, if you act up too much, you will be sent to the slaughterhouse.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, June 14, 2026 [View all] hermetic Jun 14 OP

Did you mean maybe So Far Gone? LearnedHand Jun 14 #1

Absolutely! hermetic Jun 14 #3

I just finished The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hill. PittBlue Jun 14 #2

🤮👎 LearnedHand Jun 14 #5

Wow, what a day hermetic Jun 14 #6

Thanks, won't read that one. Laughed at review. 😂 txwhitedove Jun 14 #12

The Crossroads/C J Box cbabe Jun 14 #4

Oh no! hermetic Jun 14 #7

I agree. No spoilers. Except the coma is a bit of a spoiler. Sorry. I'll cbabe Jun 14 #9

Thanks... hermetic Jun 14 #11

"Tender is the Flesh" by Agustina Bazterrica Bok_Tukalo Jun 14 #8

Yikes, that sounds pretty wicked hermetic Jun 14 #10

100% chance of rain here, with kids scattered from Marfa, Tx, to Alaska, txwhitedove Jun 14 #13

Most of my ancestors hermetic Jun 14 #15

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Good for you! hermetic Jun 14 #16

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That sounds pretty good hermetic Jun 14 #18

Re-reading Replay by Ken Grimwood Jeebo Jun 14 #19

Yeah, I was going to mention that... hermetic Jun 14 #20

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