Mothers and Dogs
- Schrijver: Fabio Morábito (Mexico)
- Soort boek: Mexicaanse verhalen
- Origineel: Madres y perros (2016)
- Engelse vertaling: Curtis Bauer
- Uitgever: Other Press
- Verschijnt: 9 mei 2023
- Omvang: 192 pagina’s
- Prijs: $ 15,99 / $ 9,99
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
Flaptekst van de verhalenbundel van Fabio Morábito
Drawing from everyday life in Mexico and abroad, these subtle, unsettling stories probe the boundaries between sanity and madness, life and death, safety and danger.
The first story collection from prize-winning author Fabio Morábito available in English, Mothers and Dogs features fifteen tales that show the emotional extremes 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; when the lights go out on a racetrack, a man’s evening jog turns into a savage battle between runners; 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 weaves threads of unexpected humor and lightness.
Fabio Morábito (Alexandrië, Egypte, 21 februari 1955) was born in Egypt to an Italian family. When he was fifteen, his family relocated from Milan to Mexico City, and he has written all his work in Spanish ever since. He has published five books of poetry, five short-story collections, one book of essays, and two novels, and has translated into Spanish the work of many great Italian poets of the twentieth century, including Eugenio Montale and Patrizia Cavalli. Morábito has been awarded numerous prizes, most recently the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize, Mexico’s highest literary award, for Home Reading Service (Other Press, 2021). He lives in Mexico City.