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A mi juicio de lector encarnizado, estos cuentos de José Miguel Varas no se parecen a los de nadie. Los grandes nombres con que se quisiese parangonarlos, Chéjov, Maupassant, o en Chile, Federico Gana, Manuel Rojas, no bastarían.¿Soy demasiado apologético? Sea. Lo considero el mejor cuentista de his
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