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Y No Se Lo Trago la Tierra/And The Earth Did Not Devour Him Author Rivera, Tomas; Author Rivera, Tomaas.

Summary:

“I tell you, God could care less about the poor. Tell me, why must we live here like this? What have we done to deserve this? You’re so good and yet you suffer so much,” a young boy tells his mother in Tomás Rivera’s classic novel about the migrant worker experience. Outside the chicken coop that is their home, his father wails in pain from the unbearable cramps brought on by sunstroke after working in the hot fields. The young boy can’t understand his parents’ faith in a god that would impose such horrible suffering, poverty and injustice on innocent people. Adapted into the award-winning film …and the earth did not swallow him and recipient of the first award for Chicano literature, the Premio Quinto Sol, in 1970, Rivera’s masterpiece recounts the experiences of a Mexican-American community through the eyes of a young boy. Forced to leave their home in search of work, the migrants are exploited by farmers, shopkeepers, even other Mexican Americans, and the boy must forge his identity in the face of exploitation, death and disease, constant moving and conflicts with school officials.

Record details

ISBN: 1558858156
ISBN: 9781558858152
ISBN: 9780606374408
ISBN: 060637440X
Physical Description: 1 volume 0.50 pounds, 8.40 in., 5.40 in., 0.50 in.
Publisher: Arte Publico Press 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Novel comprising twenty-seven linked short stories and vignettes.
Formatted Contents Note:	El Año perdido -- "Lo que nunca supo ..." -- Los Ninos no se aguantaron -- "Se habia dormido ..." -- Un Rezo -- " -- Comadre, ¿ustedes piensan ir para Iuta? -- Es que duele -- " -- ¿Para qué van tanto a la escuela? -- La Mano en la bolsa -- "Faltaba una hora ..." -- La Noche estaba plateada -- "Una Tarde el ministro ..." -- ... y no se lo tragó la tierra -- "El Abuelo quedó paralizado ..." -- Primera comunión -- "La Profesora se asombró ..." -- Los Quemaditos -- "Fue un día muy bonito ..." -- La Noche que se apagaron las luces -- "Poquito antes de las seis ..." -- La Noche buena -- "Antes de que la gente se fuera ..." -- El Retrato -- " -- Ya soltaron a Figueroa" -- Cuando lleguemos -- "Bartolo pasaba por el pueblo ..." -- Debajo de la casa. Lost year -- "What his mother never knew ..." -- The Children couldn't wait -- "She had fallen asleep ..." -- A Prayer -- "Comadre, do you all plan to go to Utah?" -- It's that it hurts -- "Why do y'all go to school so much?" -- Hand in his pocket -- "It was one hour before ..." -- A Silvery night -- "One afternoon a minister ..." -- ...And the Earth did not devour him -- "A Stroke left the grandfather paralyzed ..." -- First communion -- "The Teacher was surprised ..." -- The Little burnt victims -- "It was a beautiful wedding day" -- The Night the lights went out -- "A Little bedore six ..." -- The Night before Christmas -- "Before people left for up north ..." -- The Portrait -- "They let Figueroa out" -- When we arrive -- "Bartolo passed through ..." -- Under the house.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 13-17.
Language Note:	In Spanish and English.