This article presents a dialogue between Ricardo Piglia’s Respiración artificial (1980) and some ideas developed by Roberto González Echevarría in Myth and Archive (1990). This combined reading seeks to shed new light on the discussion concerning the problematization of the discourse of History in the novel, in order to specifically examine the proximity and multiplicity of documents of the Archive in the narrative. This article stems from the critical studies of various scholars regarding Respiración artificial as well as journalistic notes on Ricardo Piglia.