Rivera, Tomás 1935-1984 creator author. Vigil-Piñón, Evangelina translator. text novel Electronic books. txu 2015 monographic eng spa spa 1 online resource. "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.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. Tomás Rivera = ...and the earth did not devour him / Tomás Rivera ; English translation by Evangelina Vigil-Piñón. n-us--- Migrant labor Fiction Migrant agricultural laborers Texas Fiction Mexican Americans Fiction PQ7079.2.R5 ebook 863.64 Rivera, Tomás, 1935-1984 Rivera, Tomás, 1935-1984 Rivera, Tomás, 1935-1984. Houston : Arte Público Press, 1995 Third Arte Público Press edition. (OCoLC)33452555 9781611929768 1611929768 9781611929737 1611929733 https://login.zproxy.cun.edu.co/login?url=https://www.digitaliapublishing.com/a/40213/ https://login.zproxy.cun.edu.co/login?url=https://www.digitaliapublishing.com/a/40213/ DGITA 170330 DIGARTEP0243 eng