Sin Dolor

This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in the New Yorker. Dmaso Funes is a medical miracle. He didnt make a sound when he was born, and as the years go by its found that he doesnt feel pain. Not when he picks up hot coals with his bare hands or when he breaks his leg. To his father he is a sideshow freak, a spectacle from which he can make money, but to the village doctor who delivered him he is much more. He is a marvel, a wonder of geneticsthe next step of human evolution.