Hugo Mania
Paul Berman on the author, from 1998: “His ear could locate the underground noises of moles and ants. His eyesight could zoom in, binocularlike, on the farthest distances.”
"His mental and sensory capacities appear to have been superhuman... His ear could locate the underground noises of moles and ants. His eyesight could zoom in, binocularlike, on the farthest distances." — on Victor Hugo's extraordinary gifts