Also found in the repertoire of this work-musical themes as: "La Gata Bajo La Lluvia" (The Cat Under Rain) by Rocio Durcal, "Cóncavo Y Convexo" (Concave and Convex) by Roberto Carlos, "Sabor A Nada??" (Flavor to Nothing) by Palito Ortega, "Sombras Nada Más" (Nothing More that Shadows) by Javier Solis, "Mañana Me Iré" (Tomorrow I'll Go Myself) by Los Angeles Negros, "Tú Sabes" (You Know) of Estelita del Llano between others.
Like several of his contemporaries (Ricardo Piglia, César Aira, Roberto Bolaño), Saer's work often builds on particular and highly codified genres, such as detective fiction (The Investigation), colonial encounters (The Witness), travelogues (El río sin orillas), or canonical modern writers (e.g. Proust, in La mayor and Joyce, in "Sombras sobre vidrio esmerilado").
Sombras en el Jardín is the debut album by Bohemia Suburbana, a Guatemalan rock band.
The Backwoods, alternately known in Spanish as Bosque de Sombras, is a 2006 Spanish-British thriller film directed and co-written by the Spanish director Koldo Serra.