I haven’t had the chance to check out Tender Is The Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica’s international hit, so I figured I would treat myself with her latest outing. The Unworthy is a nightmarish fever dream in which one woman chronicles her time with a cloister of women in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by climate change. The…
Continue reading ➞ The Unworthy – Bask In The Light Of The Holy
Agustina Bazterrica appeared on my book radar as a massive splotch rather than a small blip. Tender Is The Flesh was responsible. The novella told a dark and grotesquely prescient story about a potential future for humanity. When Nineteen Claws and a Blackbird was released, it was an instant purchase. I hoped for an equally…
Continue reading ➞ Nineteen Claws And A Blackbird – Not So Sharp
Agustina Bazterrica’s Tender Is The Flesh came to my bookshelves by way of my sister, who insisted I read it and subsequently bought it for me in an effort to make that insistence a reality. Now, here we are. I arrived at my decision to read Tender Is The Flesh knowing I had a flight…
