About the Author

Born in Santa F , Argentina in 1937, Juan Jos Saer is the leading Argentinian writer of the post-Borges generation. In 1968, he moved to Paris and taught literature at the university in Rennes, Brittany. In 1988, Juan Jos Saer was awarded Spain s prestigious Nadal Prize for The Event. His work is translated into all major languages and includes The Witness, Nobody Nothing Never and The Investigation, also published by Serpent s Tail. Saer died in July 2005.

Reviews

?I can?t understand why we have had to wait so long for a book of his to appear in English.? The Independent on Sunday