Description
In these tense, macabre stories, bodies fall from the sky, perfect nails conceal grisly secrets and violence pulses behind gleaming facades. From hellish visions to obsessive relationships, acclaimed author Agustina Bazterrica takes us to the dark heart of human desires and fears. Shocking, brutal, yet glinting with sharp humour, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird is a breathtaking dive into human monstrousness from a master of contemporary horror.
About the Author
Agustina Bazterrica is an Argentinian novelist and short-story writer. She is a central figure in the Buenos Aires literary scene, working as a cultural organiser and workshop curator. She has received several awards for her writing, most notably the prestigious Premio Clarin Novela for her second novel, Tender is the Flesh, which has been translated into over 20 languages and is also available from Pushkin Press.
Reviews
'Like Enriquez, Bazterrica writes fetishistic gore with a bewitching allure, creating... an overwhelming sense of dread and a fear of losing one's senses' - Big Issue
'In 19 Claws, Bazterrica resumes the study of the macabre that characterised Tender Is the Flesh. This time, however, the brutality of the female experience is cut through with a dark wit and a heavy dose of the fantastic' - Guardian
'Gothic and brilliantly grim, these uneasy tales from the author of Tender Is The Flesh are as shadowy as night even in the bright glare of sunshine, as Bazterrica's darkly macabre imagination works like talon and beak, capable of tearing apart everyday situations and transforming them into something horribly chilling' - Daily Mail
'This book will leave you shocked into contemplating the darker sides of human nature' - Sci Fi Now
'A compelling and unsettling work that will leave readers questioning the boundaries between love, desire, and obsession' - Glamour
Praise for Tender is the Flesh
'A hideous, bold, unforgettable vision of the future'' - i-D
'A thrilling dystopia that everyone should read' - Dazed
'Sitting comfortably? Not after even the tiniest nibble of this gut-churning, brilliantly realised novel' - Daily Mail
'What a compelling, terrible beauty this novel is. My heart was breaking even as my skin was crawling' - Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies
'Written in her deliciously dark tone, Bazterrica's claws puncture polite society's fragile membrane, revealing the darkness writhing beneath' -Litro
Book Information
ISBN 9781782279013
Author Agustina Bazterrica
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Pushkin Press
Publisher Pushkin Press
About the Author
Agustina Bazterrica is an Argentinian novelist and short-story writer. She is a central figure in the Buenos Aires literary scene, working as a cultural organiser and workshop curator. She has received several awards for her writing, most notably the prestigious Premio Clarin Novela for her second novel, Tender is the Flesh, which has been translated into over 20 languages and is also available from Pushkin Press.
Reviews
'Like Enriquez, Bazterrica writes fetishistic gore with a bewitching allure, creating... an overwhelming sense of dread and a fear of losing one's senses' - Big Issue
'In 19 Claws, Bazterrica resumes the study of the macabre that characterised Tender Is the Flesh. This time, however, the brutality of the female experience is cut through with a dark wit and a heavy dose of the fantastic' - Guardian
'Gothic and brilliantly grim, these uneasy tales from the author of Tender Is The Flesh are as shadowy as night even in the bright glare of sunshine, as Bazterrica's darkly macabre imagination works like talon and beak, capable of tearing apart everyday situations and transforming them into something horribly chilling' - Daily Mail
'This book will leave you shocked into contemplating the darker sides of human nature' - Sci Fi Now
'A compelling and unsettling work that will leave readers questioning the boundaries between love, desire, and obsession' - Glamour
Praise for Tender is the Flesh
'A hideous, bold, unforgettable vision of the future'' - i-D
'A thrilling dystopia that everyone should read' - Dazed
'Sitting comfortably? Not after even the tiniest nibble of this gut-churning, brilliantly realised novel' - Daily Mail
'What a compelling, terrible beauty this novel is. My heart was breaking even as my skin was crawling' - Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies
'Written in her deliciously dark tone, Bazterrica's claws puncture polite society's fragile membrane, revealing the darkness writhing beneath' -Litro
Book Information
ISBN 9781782279013
Author Agustina Bazterrica
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Pushkin Press
Publisher Pushkin Press
