The original essays in this set offer a time line of Garca Mrquez's achievements and consider his influence on a younger generation of writers. One essay combines biographical information with a broad overview of how One Hundred Years of Solitude was received by the literary world. Another also considers One Hundred Years, with the focus being the mystical character of Remedios. A final essay finishes this section with a comparison between Garca Mrquez's travelogue 90 das and Don Quixote de La Mancha.