Pasts, Presents and Presences: Historical Simultaneity in Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht. Taking Hans U. Gumbrecht´s In 1926: Living on the Edge of Time as a starting point, it is the purpose of this study to explore and scrutinize certain specific aspects and unresolved questions present in current Literary Studies. The somewhat whimsical User´s Manual is indicative of the experimental nature of his project. The central question will fall upon the capabilities of a written book (as opposed to other media) to produce or, rather, to re- produce past experiences-you should feel in 1926. Seeking, then, the effect of (almost) perfect immediacy, Gumbrecht hopes to help formulate or contribute to what could be classified as Sensorial Historiography - wherein the act of generating presence is to be understood as opposed to Hermeneutics. Sharing his impulse to evoke past worlds, this paper intends to develop a thorough discussion centered upon Gumbrecht´s own notion of production of presence. Inevitably, this includes a short analysis of his theories on the materialities of communication. In addition, the essay will also attempt to draw connections and parallels between his notions of historiography and those of the Annales school in France - i.e. Michel de Certeau, François Furet and Paul Veyne who, in their new proposals of historiography, offer interesting counterpoints to the non- hermeneutical model. Therefore, the question which will guide and orient the course of this study will be: would it be plausible and relevant to theorize about these new (and very experimental) forms of representation, which seem to privilege affections and sensibilities over more rational approaches - albeit without excluding them entirely?