The short story "The Man and the Rose" by Manuel Rojas, published in 1963, is a tale of a clash of mysticism and religion in the natural world. It presents an interesting conflict between illusion and reality.

Hijo de ladrón (Born Guilty) by Manuel Rojas was published in 1951 in Santiago de Chile. This novel examines the life of a lad who tries to overcome his father's reputation as a criminal. The people the lad meets expect him to be as unsavory as his father. A theme from this story is the youth's fight against loneliness. It is part of a trilogy that is somewhat autobiographical and includes Lanchas en la bahía (1932) and Mejor que el vino (1958).

Rojas' collection of political essays, De la poesía a la revolución (From Poetry to Revolution), comes from...