The world commemorates today International Book and Copyright Day, an observance adopted by UNESCO to encourage reading, the

There are books that never go out of style. José Martí's *La Edad de Oro* (The Golden Age) is a good example.

Continental memory pauses every April 13th before the shelf of burning books, where words not only narrate, but breathe.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the appearance of an exceptional novel: Biography of a Runaway Slave, by Miguel Barnet.