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“Las dos categorías mentales básicas son el espacio y el tiempo. El espacio es la categoría feliz: uno vive, camina, respira, ama, come en el espacio; el tiempo, en cambio, es la categoría triste porque es donde envejecemos, morimos. Y creo que hay una literatura -la vieja novela, por ejemplo- que creaba esos grandes escenarios donde uno se podía evadir. Ahora ha sido reemplazada por una literatura del tiempo, más triste. Todo es autoficción, que es contar vidas...”

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