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The Clouds by Juan José Saer is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Clouds about?

"Saer is one of the best writers of today in any language." — Ricardo Piglia "What Saer presents marvelously is the experience of reality, and the characters' attempts to write their own narratives within its excess." — Bookforum In modern-day Paris, Pichón Garay receives a computer disk containing a manuscript — which might be fictional, or could be a memoir — by Doctor Real, a nineteenth-century physician tasked with leading a group of five mental patients on a trip to a recently constructed asylum. Their trip, which ends in disaster and fire, is a brilliant tragicomedy thanks to the various insanities of the patients, among whom is a delusional man who greatly over-estimates his own importance and a nymphomaniac nun who tricks everyone — even the other patients — into sleeping with her. Fascinating as a faux historical novel and written in Saer's typically gorgeous, Proustian style, The Clouds can be read as a metaphor for exile — a huge theme for Saer and a lot of Argentine writers — as well as an examination of madness. Juan José Saer was the leading Argentinian writer of the post-Borges generation. The author of numerous novels and short-story collections (including Scars and

Who reads The Clouds?

Author

Juan José Saer

Publisher

Open Letter

Published

2016

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.76 / 5 (38 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14