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Time, Digression and the Other (Side) in Juan Jose Saer's La grande
Lloyd Davies
Modern Language Review, Volume: 115, Issue: 4, Pages: 852 - 871
Swansea University Author: Lloyd Davies
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This essay focuses on the final novel, La grande (2005), of the Argentine writer, Juan José Saer (1937-2005) and focuses on his treatment of time in the light of the pressures posed by his impending death. It also analyses Saer’s disparagement of reason in a world governed by the pervasive influence...
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