Testimonies and memories from witnesses of the event, including José Miguel Oviedo and Abelardo Oquendo.
While the original dialogue was legendary but hard to find for decades, a formal edition was published by Alfaguara in 2021. This modern version includes:
The book serves as a time capsule of a brief moment of camaraderie between two geniuses whose personal friendship would famously and permanently fracture just a few years later.
had recently published One Hundred Years of Solitude , which was already becoming a massive commercial success.