He was then 95 and soon to die, which, wrote Roberto Bolaño, "... is the same as never dying." And looking back, he said to me that, yes, Proust was right that at 22, we are sure we will not die, just as a thanatologist named Edwin Shneidman was right that at 90, we are sure we will.
En ese entonces tenía 95, próximo a morir, de los que escribió Roberto Bolaño, "... es lo mismo que nunca morir". Y mirando hacia atrás, me dijo que sí, Proust tenía razón que a los 22, estamos seguros de que no vamos a morir, al igual que un tanatologista llamado Edwin Shneidman, que a los 90, estamos seguros de que lo