Tres aproximaciones a la literatura de nuestro tiempo

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Tres aproximaciones a la literatura de nuestro tiempo (1968), by Ernesto Sábato, is a collection of critical literary essays. This work specifically analyzes the writings of Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jorge Luis Borges, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Sábato, an Argentine novelist, journalist, and essayist, was known for his novels that explored philosophical and psychological themes, as well as his influential political and social studies. His background as a physicist and mathematician informed his intellectual approach to literature and society.1

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Tres aproximaciones a la literatura de nuestro tiempo (1968; “Three Approximations to the Literature of Our Time”) are critical literary essays that deal specifically with the works of Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jorge Luis Borges, and Jean-Paul Sartre. The novel Abaddón el exterminador (1974, corrected and revised,…
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Tres aproximaciones a la literatura de nuestro tiempo (1968; “Three Approximations to the Literature of Our Time”) are critical literary essays that deal specifically with the works of Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jorge Luis Borges, and Jean-Paul Sartre. The novel Abaddón el exterminador (1974, corrected and revised,…
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