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  • Published: 13 June 2023
  • ISBN: 9781635420821
  • Imprint: Other Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $36.00

Mothers and Dogs

Stories





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.

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.

  • Published: 13 June 2023
  • ISBN: 9781635420821
  • Imprint: Other Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $36.00

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Praise for Mothers and Dogs

Praise for Home Reading Service:

“A satisfying fable, at once satiric and soulful, of a literary awakening in Mexico…this idiosyncratic performance will keep its audience rapt.” Publishers Weekly

“First, the tempting promise of an almost existential discovery, then bewilderment, subtle humor, and then everything in this story that seemed small and simple strikes back with extraordinary resonance. What a pleasure it always is to read Morábito.” —Samanta Schweblin, author of Fever Dream and Mouthful of Birds

“A wonderful addition to the literature of the picaresque, this vivid, original novel depicts the transformative power of literature within a society wrestling with its own social and political mutations.” —Chloe Aridjis, author of Sea Monsters