Introduction
Messianicity beyond militant messianism: apostrophe and survival in Juan Gelman's poetry
Myopic witnessing and the intermittent possibilities of community in Sergio Chejfec's Los planetas and Boca de lobo
Living and writing in the deserts of modernity: Roberto Bolaño and the alter-immunological potential of literature
Image and alterity beyond the sepulture of the human: Eugenio Dittborn's photocollages
Conclusion.