Cures Juan Pablo Villalobos and translated by Rosalind Harvey ” says the woman

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have already made a name for themselves as poets whose new work is often groundbreaking

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Cures Juan Pablo Villalobos and translated by Rosalind Harvey ” says the womanFrom 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