Littoral of the Letter
Gabriel Riera
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Description for Littoral of the Letter
Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
Littoral of the Letter is the first full-fledged study in English of the world of the late Argentine author Juan José Saer (1937-2005), who was highly regarded as Argentina's best living novelist, a continuator of Burgess's literary legacy. Characterized by an uncommon coherence and rigor, Juan José Saer's writing defies simple categories. In both his fictional and essayistic writing Saer defamiliarizes the reader by questioning some of the most cherished certainties, especially those having to do with the role ascribed to Latin American literature, the uses of prose and poetry in the present, and the relation between language and the ... Read more
Littoral of the Letter is the first full-fledged study in English of the world of the late Argentine author Juan José Saer (1937-2005), who was highly regarded as Argentina's best living novelist, a continuator of Burgess's literary legacy. Characterized by an uncommon coherence and rigor, Juan José Saer's writing defies simple categories. In both his fictional and essayistic writing Saer defamiliarizes the reader by questioning some of the most cherished certainties, especially those having to do with the role ascribed to Latin American literature, the uses of prose and poetry in the present, and the relation between language and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
Series
Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory
Number of Pages
173
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611482706
SKU
V9781611482706
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About Gabriel Riera
Gabriel Riera is assistant professor of comparative literature at Princeton University.
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