Respiración artificial: autoritarismo e ditadura no romance argentino contemporâneo

Respiracion artificial  is a novel by Ricardo Piglia, and first published in 1980, during the Argentinean Dictatorship (1976-1983). This paper aims to analyze how dictatorship theme is developed in  Respiracion artificial , paying an special attention to the connexion that this masterpiece has when it comes to others historical moments, as well as direct and indirect literary quotations and references to other writers.