"En el Retorno 201 de la Ciudad de M̌xico, el autor pas̤ su infancia, adolescencia y parte de su juventud. Ah̕ su narrativa se top̤ con historias que hienden como cuchillos, en donde afloran la violencia y el amor, la ternura y la brutalidad, la paz y la furia. Con agudo instinto callejero, Arriaga presenta personajes llenos de intensidad y de contradicciones, al l̕mite del caos y enfrentados a complejos dilemas morales. En sus historias, desnuda el alma humana, como en la escalofriante "Lilly", que relata lo que unos chicos le hacen a su prima con retraso mental; en "La viuda D̕az", conmovedora historia de amor de una joven que cuida a su marido enfermo, varios ąos mayor que ella; "El invicto", donde se revelan los crueles c̤digos de barrio; o "Trilog̕a", que retrata la violencia de tres judiciales sobre un inocente que cometi̤ el error de pasar frente a ellos. Retorno 201 es el primer libro del ganador del Premio Alfaguara, con cuentos escritos en su mayor̕a entre 1983 y 1988 (adem̀s de "Tarde", que escribi̤ para esta edici̤n, y "Trilog̕a", relato que cre̕a perdido y recǐn recuper̤), que muestra a sus nuevos lectores al escritor fiero, ind̤mito y poderoso que ha sido Arriaga por ďcadas"-- page [4] of cover. "In Return 201 of Mexico City, the author spent his childhood, adolescence and part of his youth. There his narrative ran into stories that cut like knives, where violence and love, tenderness and brutality emerge, peace and fury. With sharp street instinct, Arriaga presents characters full of intensity and contradictions, on the edge of chaos and faced with complex moral dilemmas. In his stories, he bare the human soul, as in the chilling "Lilly", that recounts what some boys do to their mentally retarded cousin; in "La viuda D̕az", a moving love story of a young woman who takes care of her sick husband, several years older than her; "El invicto", where they reveal the cruel neighborhood codes, or "Trilogy", which portrays the violence of three judicial officers against an innocent person who made the mistake of passing in front of them. Retorno 201 is the first book by the winner of the Alfaguara Prize, with stories written mostly between 1983 and 1988 (also more than "Tarde", which he wrote for this edition, and "Trilogy", a story that he thought was lost and only recently recovered), which shows his new readers the fierce, indomitable and powerful writer that Arriaga has been for decades"-- page [4] of covers.
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