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Life is a game of chess and you never really know when you are winning or losing.

— Adolfo Bioy Casares

La vida es una partida de ajedrez y nunca sabe uno a ciencia cierta cuándo está ganando o perdiendo."

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Una muñeca rusa, 1991.

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