Abstract
Damián Cabrera, a Paraguayan writer born in 1984, has developed a literary approach that delves into life on the Paraguayan-Brazilian border from a disruptive and fragmentary perspective. His works, Xirú (2012) and Xe (2019), examine the cultural, linguistic, and spatial tensions of the Triple Frontera region (Par-aguay, Brazil, and Argentina). While Cabrera draws inspiration from precedents like Wilson Bueno’s novel Mar Paraguayo (1992) and the Portunhol Sel-vagem movement, he forges a unique literary path that eschews simplistic hybridity in favor of a “criti-cal fragmentation.” His approach challenges central narratives of Paraguayan literature, reimagining the margins as spaces of reflection and experimentation. In his work, language becomes a dynamic stage that historicizes border tensions, embracing a Deleuzian aesthetic of “minor literature.” This perspective rede-fines the concept of national literature from liminal and peripheral zones (Benisz, 2024).