Harald Edelstam, Héroe del humanismo, defensor de la vida

At 16, Salvador Dali had already developed the remarkable ego and uncanny perception that would distinguish him as one of the most notorious artists of the 20th century. A self-proclaimed surrealist, an avant-garde exhibitionist, and a criticized commercialist with questionable political affiliations, Dali was anything but benign. Via the artist's correspondence, diary, and autobiography, Gibson meticulously stitches together the wild characters and deep-dish details of Dali's life.

First published in 1554, Lazarillo de Tormes was destined to beget a whole new genre, the so-called picaresque novel. Its great popularity may be attributed largely to its daring autobiographical form, which allows the reader to observe the magnificent, conquering Spain of Charles the Fifth through the inner consciousness of a humble figure called Lazarus, whose name, perhaps, comes from the poor leper mentioned in the Gospels. The Lazarillo is the first literary expression of a feeling basic to the very existence of the Spanish people, especially since the fifteenth century: they were what...

Che finds himself in Guatemala during a U.S.-inspired coup and also describes his first encounter with Fidel Castro, in the first U.S. Spanish edition of Guevara's diary from his second journey through Latin America.

Lecumberri, el lado blanco del Palacio Negro Roberto tiene algo que compartir. Vivió una injusticia, una equivocación de la ley. A los veinte años entró a Lecumberri, donde estuvo quince, de 1955 a 1971. Lo acusaron del asesinato de una mujer a la que cuatro jóvenes con antecedentes penales atacaron. Como puede verse al estudiar el expediente, Roberto no estuvo en el lugar de los hechos. Su juicio duró escasamente tres meses y fue sentenciado a veintitrés años. Un mes después, en otro juzgado, otra persona, Alberto Hernández Rodríguez, recibió una sentencia de treintaiún años...