Gonz?lez Echevarr?a, Roberto

Presents a biographical essay on Miguel de Cervantes and eight works of criticism on his masterpiece, "Don Quixote, " discussing such topics as the work's origins, the character Dulcinea, the history of Spain's libraries, the use of books and literature in the novel, and the novel's "linguistic perspectivism, " and includes "self-portraits" from two of Cervantes' prologues.

Chronicles the history of Cuban baseball from the first amateur teams of the 1860s to the exploits of Orlando Hernandez in 1997.

Contains fifty-three short stories by Latin American authors from colonial to contemporary times including the works of Juan Rodr?guez Freyle, Ricardo Palma, Miguel Angel Asturias, and Augusto Roa Bastos.