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Books by Jaime Concho
  | | Martín Rivas (Library of Latin America) by Alberto Blest Gana, Tess O'dwyer, Jaime Concha, Alberto Jaime Concha, Jaime Concho Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2000 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-510714-2, ISBN: 0-19-510714-4 "Widely acknowledged as the first Chilean novel, Martin Rivas (1862) by Alberto Blest Gana (1830-1920) is at once a passionate love story and an optimistic representation of Chilean nationhood. Written shortly after a decade of civil conflict, it is an indispensable source for understanding politics and society in nineteenth-century Chile. The hero of the story is Martin Rivas, an impoverished but ambitious youngster from the northern m ..." |
 | | Martín Rivas (Library of Latin America) by Alberto Blest Gana, Tess O'dwyer, Jaime Concho, Beatrice Pita, Jaime Concha Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2000 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-510713-5, ISBN: 0-19-510713-6 "Arguably the most widely read work of Chilean Literature, Martin Rivas (1862) by Alberto Blest Gana (1830-1920) is at once a passionate love story and a keenly observed portrait of the manners and customs of nineteenth-century Chile. Martin Rivas, an impoverished but ambitious young man from the northern mining region of Chile, is entrusted by his late father to the household of a wealthy and influential member of the Santiago elite. ..." |