Alice K. Ladas, Author of Landmark Book on Female Sexuality, Dies at 102
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The Messy Relationship Between Romance Novels and Ice Hockey
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Read Your Way Through Appalachia
Barbara Kingsolver, whose Pulitzer-winning “Demon Copperhead” offered a variegated portrait of the region, guides readers through a literary landscape “as bracing and complex as a tumbling mountain creek.”
Book Review: ‘Here in the Night,’ by Rebecca Turkewitz; ‘Jackal, Jackal,’ by Tobi Ogundiran; ‘The Beast You Are,’ by Paul Tremblay
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Book Review: New Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Martin Walser, 92, Dies; Among the Last Postwar German Literary Titans
He won critical and commercial acclaim, but drew censure for comments on the Holocaust and antisemitic tropes in one of his novels.
Book Review: ‘Liquid Snakes,’ by Stephen Kearse
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TENDER IS THE FLESH by Agustina Bazterrica is a quick read (only 224 pages) but the author’s comment…
Tender is the Flesh
UnCovered Review by Debbie Brahmi, Librarian, ACLS Pleasantville Branch
TENDER IS THE FLESH is a dystopian horror story that takes place in a world that appears much like our own, except for the fact that most of the animals have been destroyed due to a virus that is deadly to humans. Following this “Transition” man must find a way to satisfy his hunger for red meat by doing the unthinkable…resorting to cannibalism.
Marcos works at the Krieg Processing Plant where “special meat” is prepared for human consumption, referred to as F.G.P. or First Generation Pure, but which no one will refer to as human. F.G.P. is the most expensive cut of meat, served to the elite as perhaps “a starter of fingers in a sherry reduction” to a “tongue … marinated in fine herbs, served over kimchi and lemon-dressed potatoes.”
When Marcos visits a breeding center, we are confronted with the utter brutality used to make the human livestock more docile. Then at Krieg we are taken step-by-step through the process of slaughtering and packaging the meat for the marketplace. It is all very graphic and very disturbing. Not for the squeamish!
Marcos is then gifted his very own female F.G.P. to devour as he pleases, but instead he starts to grow fond of her, names her Jasmine, and gets her pregnant, which is against the rules. At this point the reader might start to feel a little compassion for Marcos, but we soon find out that his motives are not exactly altruistic.
TENDER IS THE FLESH by Agustina Bazterrica is a quick read (only 224 pages) but the author’s comment on our capitalistic society will stay with you for a long time…what if??
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Paramount Agrees to Sell Simon & Schuster to KKR, a Private Equity Firm
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After a Long and Painful Absence, Writing Her Way Home Again
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The first major biography of the playwright recounts his life and boundless vision.
Book Review: ‘Bridge,’ by Lauren Beukes
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Paramount Nears Announcement for Simon & Schuster Deal
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Book Review: ‘On Wars,’ by Michael Mann
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Book Review: ‘The Details,’ by Ia Genberg
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Book Review: ‘Hangman,’ by Maya Binyam
“Hangman,” by Maya Binyam, follows the narrator on a disorienting trip back to his native country.
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