El miedo terrible de ser un animal

A rat emerges from the depths of a drain to reveal a family's ties. A moose observes and reflects on a first date in a foreign country. A fungal infestation uncovers a man's obsessions. A guinea pig foreshadows a child's illness. A cat inspires the creation of a gospel and the founding of a Norwegian neighborhood. In Claudia Ulloa Donoso's stories, humans believe they are the protagonists until the irruption of animals dissolves the boundaries of the species. Through this kind of humanism, the author illuminates, with strangeness and poetry, the nuances of fear, tenderness, beauty, and misery. Because, ultimately, her writing confronts us with an uncomfortable truth: deep down, we harbor a terrible fear of being animals.