This book contains 16 sessions of a workshop under the direction of García Márquez. It is divided into sixteen sections, an argument, a concluding chapter writter by Ruy Guerra and Claudio McDowell, and data of the participants. The members of the workshop were: Doc Comparato, Eliseo Alberto Diego, Andrés Agudelo, Iván Argüello, Susana Cato, Luis Alberto Lamata, Manuel Gómez Díaz and Arturo Villaseñor. Edgar Soberón is the editor of the sections and Gabriel García Márquez the director.