Cures Juan Pablo Villalobos and translated by Rosalind Harvey Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi

Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi

conjured a lush and evocative new wave of feminist thinking where

and where a seven-legged arachnid can be a wise companion for

The Children of Sisyphus is the story of Dinah

” says the woman

Cures Juan Pablo Villalobos and translated by Rosalind Harvey Ahmad Nadeem QasmiFrom a sapient pig to human extinction, syphilis to broken bones, a woman who births rabbits to changelings in the crib, this collection explores the full range of human fallibility as well as the eternal quest for hopefulness. Cures is filled with strange characters: volcanic women, a rat catcher on the brink of retirement, a bonesetter, a drunkard, a mermaid; the collection is brimful with both the uncanny and the familiar, exploring the joys of