The commentated city

Abstract

Cities are analyzed in many ways. Currently, walking as a method (Pierce and Lawhon, 2015) and the analysis of walkability (Lo, 2009) have returned to the table. This text, a review of Glosa by Juan Jose Saer, adds one more form of analysis, writing about the act of walking through the city. Saer is undoubtedly one of the most important Argentine writers of the 20th century and he places his work and his characters in a provincial capital beyond the archetypal flâneur.