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“A stray dog listens to what no one says and sees what is hidden, making him a privileged narrator.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

“The mestizo dog is an intense allegory of the Latin American condition.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

“Proud to be a "damn South American" and not a "suck-up" to the United States.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

“School is not a daycare center.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

“Just a moment ago, he was certainly contemplating a shadow on the ground, and now he was the shadow contemplating himself.”

José Baroja libro El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

“I must say that in Chile, the supremacy of the Market as the all-powerful governing body has made the development of the cultural field even more difficult than in Mexico.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

“Silence has become omnipresent and seemingly infinite for many miles, even longer than your mind can remember.”

José Baroja libro Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

“Undoubtedly, he feared that smile”

José Baroja libro El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

“Having accepted this, there was nothing left but to adapt to the new conditions, a task that cost him a world or perhaps two.”

José Baroja libro El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

“Although he still continued to go out walking alone, it was also true that with every outing, in each of them, he used to feel something strange and dark accumulating within him.”

José Baroja libro El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

“He still blamed himself for having believed someone who, without a doubt, lied better than he did.”

José Baroja libro El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

“Can someone suffering from hunger or abuse really be encouraged to read a book?”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

“It must certainly be considered true that once a work leaves our pen, it no longer belongs to us.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

“At times, he yearns for the few pockets of darkness that remain on this night so illuminated by that cursed moon, by the despicable stars, by the cursed vehicles, by the hateful city.”

José Baroja libro Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

“As if already destined for the seventh circle, a shudder stops him from heading toward the unknown, toward the beautifully fatal.”

José Baroja libro Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

“The beauty of art is in our imperfection.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

“Probably those once accompanied walks had turned out to be such an intense, though brief, experience that, beyond time, his subconscious continued to long for a presence that was no longer there.”

José Baroja libro El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

“He still felt love for someone who had plainly and simply decided to forget him.”

José Baroja libro El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

“Latin American government decisions, in general terms, discourage the development of the arts, turning artists into true martyrs of a cause, creating a vicious cycle in which ordinary people fail to notice the importance of cultural development, focusing on money as the axis of their lives.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor