ChloroPhilia

"Chlorophilia could be viewed as an example of the New Weird genre. Other New Weird books like Annihilation encourage us not to fight the inevitable changeability of the world around us, but rather to embrace it, even if we may not fully understand it. ... While Chlorophilia intentionally leaves many questions open, one point is clear: humanity requires a connection with the natural world to survive."
—Ancillary Review of Books

"ChloroPhilia —an unsettling, enticing novella about evolution in overdrive—is Cristina Jurado's most recent work in English. Like her collection Alphaland,  which came out in English in 2018 and then was reissued in 2023, ChloroPhilia  offers readers Jurado's unique vision of the world, in which the bizarre and grotesque erupts into the mundane world." 
—Strange Horizons

Description

Kirmen is different from the other inhabitants of the Cloister, whose walls protect them all from the endless storm ravaging Earth. As a result of the Doctor’s cruel experiments, his physical form is gradually evolving into something better fit for survival in the world outside.

Kirmen worries about becoming a pariah, an outcast among the other denizens of the domes. But his desire for affection and acceptance, and his humanity, fade away as the Doctor’s treatments progress. What will happen when the metamorphosis is complete? What will be left of Kirmen and the group of survivors that he knows and loves?

In English for the first time (translated by Sue Burke), ChloroPhilia, an Ignotus Award-nominated novella by Cristina Jurado, is a strange coming–of-age story while addressing life after an environmental disaster, collective madness, and sacrifices made for the greater good.