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From: Reforma (México D.F., México)
Date: 20020201
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Byline: Carlos Fuentes
Francia se apresta para celebrar, nacionalmente, el segundo centenario del nacimiento de Víctor Hugo. Sucede con Hugo lo que con nuestros padres. A los catorce años, uno cree que su padre es un imbécil. A los cuarenta, uno se dice: "íPero cómo ha aprendido el viejo!" En mi adolescencia, abandoné un día la lectura de Los miserables porque inicié la del Ulises de Joyce. Víctor Hugo me parecía entonces imposible: anticuado, retórico, incapaz de estimular mi naciente imaginación novelística. A lo largo de los años, empezó a intrigarme una ...
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