"Littoral of the Letter is the first full-fledged study in English of the work of the late Argentine writer Juan Jose Saer (1937-2005). Characterized by an uncommon coherence and rigor, Saer's considerable body of writing - including novels, short stories, nouvelles, poems, essays, and critical essays - defies simple categories. In both his fictional and essayistic writing Saer de-familiarizes the reader by questioning some of our most cherished certainties, especially those having to do with the role ascribed to Latin American literature, the different uses of prose and poetry, and the relations between language and the mass media."--Jacket.