Hoyos reviews the first volume of Gabriel García Márquez's autobiography, Vivir para contarla (Living to Tell the Tale). Hoyos states, "At first glance, García Márquez's vivid and detailed portrait of his early life seems like a testament to a photographic recollection. Yet as he explains... he warns readers that memories are not just fact or fiction but maybe a mix of both, depending on how one recalls past events. Overall, this first volume reflects García Márquez's experience as both a novelist and a journalist: Although his prose is literary, recalling his imaginative signature style, the historical content is as rigorously researched as his journalistic writings."