I am a DPhil candidate in Medieval and Modern Languages at Lincoln College. After reading for an MPhil also at Oxford, my doctoral research, funded by the OOC-DTP together with the Lincoln Kingsgate and Clarendon scholarships, will explore the role of literary influence in the works of Argentine novelist Juan José Saer. In particular, the ways in which a series of French and Anglo-American Modernist authors, together with the Nouveau Roman, shaped Saer’s depictions of perception.