Rivera, Tomas

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... y no se lo trago la tierra =

... and the Earth did not devour him
1995
This new edition of a classic novel about the migrant worker experience 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, and 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.
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...Y no se lo trago la tierra

1997
Essays and short stories in Spanish.

--y no se lo trago la tierra

1995
A bilingual story of the lives of the Mexican-American migrant workers of the 1940's and 1950's as seen through the eyes of a child.
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