Mothers and dogs : stories / Fabio Morábito ; translated from the Spanish by Curtis Bauer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morábito, Fabio, 1955- author.

Contributor:

Bauer, Curtis, 1970- translator.

Standardized Title:

Madres y perros. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Morábito, Fabio, 1955---Translations into English.

Morábito, Fabio.

Morábito, Fabio, 1955-.

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

186 pages ; 13 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Other Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Mining everyday life in Mexico and abroad for psychological insight, these subtle, unsettling stories reveal new ways of looking at our world. The first story collection from prize-winning author Fabio Morábito available in English, Mothers and Dogs features fifteen tales that show the emotional extremes involved in seemingly trivial details and quotidian situations: two brothers worry more about a dog locked in an apartment who hasn't been fed than they do about their dying mother; a man's evening jog on a racetrack turns into a savage battle between runners when the lights go out; a daughter learns to draft business letters as an homage to her mother. As he deftly explores feelings of loneliness and despair endemic in modern society, Morábito finds threads of unexpected humor and lightness"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The sailboat

Mothers and dogs

Lying in the sun

On the track

Nitric cellulose

On the other side of the fence

The Dutch

At the regional bus stop

The quarry

Roxie Moore

Night bakery

The bonfire

Oncologist

The balcony

The next stop.

Notes:

Originally published in Spanish as Madres y perros in 2016 by Sexto Piso, Mexico City.

Other Format:

Online version: Morábito, Fabio, 1955- Mothers and dogs

ISBN:

9781635420821

1635420822

OCLC:

1330202254

Publisher Number:

99995245717