Libros de Juan José Arreola (2 libros)

"Arreola, todos lo hemos escuchado, habla como escribe; no distingue entre la imaginacion y la realidad; se siente igualmente agobiado por las pequeneces y por los problemas metafisicos. En vivo, como por escrito, Arreola es el triunfo del verbo, de lo preciso sobre lo confuso, de la forma sobre la materia."

Beautifully illustrated and provocative, the author’s most famous short story is a puzzling tale about a man who wishes to take a train to a certain location but upon arrival at the station is told by the switchman that his chances of ever seeing a train—let alone of ever arriving at his intended destination—are very slim. The switchman tells how in some places the train tracks are nothing more than chalk lines and how elsewhere no bridge exists so that passengers must take the train apart and carry the pieces to be reassembled down the line. The passenger eventually becomes so confused ...