Tomás Rivera
Mexican-American author, poet, and educator best known for the 1971 short novel ...y no se lo tragó la tierra (And the Earth Did Not Devour Him), which portrays the experiences of Mexican‑American migrant farmworkers.
Books
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1. ... Y No Se Lo Tragó La Tierra ... And The Earth Did Not Devour Him
A spare, haunting collection of linked vignettes told largely through the eyes of a young boy, portraying the lives of Mexican‑American migrant farmworkers as they move through the harvests; through fragments of memory, dream and raw reportage—labor under the sun, poverty, racism, family bonds, faith, illness and death—the narrative captures the pain, endurance and small moments of grace that shape a coming‑of‑age and a community’s search for dignity and identity.
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