y no se lo tragó la tierra In this original and ground - breaking work , Tomás Rivera documents through fiction the lives and peregrinations of the Mexican - American migrant workers of the 40's and 50's . Through a child's vision and a ...
In this new edition of a powerful novel comprised of short vignettes, Rivera writes hauntingly about alienation, love and betrayal, man and nature, death and resurrection and the search for community.
9 Chona's in “ The Searchers ” or the children's in some stories of Tierra . Another death is the eventual loss of a loved one , such as the father whose empty overalls are “ in the garage , hanging . ” Another of death's masks is what ...
The stories in this book are are about the experiences of the poor, migrant farmworker. They depict the cruelty of the life, but also the ability of acommunity to come together to help one another survive.
... Y No Se Lo Trago la Tierra (... and the Earth Did Not Devour Him).
This Migrant Earth is Rolando Hinojosa's re-casting into English of the novel that is the basis of the modern Chicano literary movement: Tomas Rivera's ... y no se lo trago...
George Washington GÑmez is a true precursor of the modern Chicano novel.
Written with uninhibited candor and manic energy, this book is Acosta's own account of coming of age as a Chicano in the psychedelic sixties, of taking on impossible cases while breaking all tile rules of courtroom conduct, and of ...
The first part dramatized Matthew Larson landing near Rocky Point and coming ashore. He was greeted by an Indian named Redbird who lived with his tribe on Deer Island. I got to play Redbird. Larson and Redbird greeted one another and ...
" . . . Y No Se Lo Trag la Tierra" won the first national award for Chicano literature in 1970 and has become the standard literary text for Hispanic literature classes throughout the country.
The Harvest / La cosecha is the gathering of the complete short fiction of the late Tomàs Rivera, the celebrated Chicano author of the classic _y no se lo tragÑ la tierra / _And the earth did not devour him.