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.