. . . . "The Switchman"@en . "The Switchman (Original title: El Guardagujas) is an existentialist short story by Mexican writer Juan Jos\u00E9 Arreola. The short story was originally published as a confabulario, a word created in Spanish by Arreola, in 1952, in the collection . It was republished ten years later along with other published works by Arreola at that time in the collection El Confabulario total. The story revolves around a \"stranger\" who wishes to travel to the town of T. by train, but is quickly met by a \"switchman\" who tells him more and more fantastical stories about the train system while they are waiting."@en . . . . "The Switchman (Original title: El Guardagujas) is an existentialist short story by Mexican writer Juan Jos\u00E9 Arreola. The short story was originally published as a confabulario, a word created in Spanish by Arreola, in 1952, in the collection . It was republished ten years later along with other published works by Arreola at that time in the collection El Confabulario total. The story revolves around a \"stranger\" who wishes to travel to the town of T. by train, but is quickly met by a \"switchman\" who tells him more and more fantastical stories about the train system while they are waiting."@en . . . . "22415861"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "8063"^^ . . . . "957877628"^^ . . .