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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.

El proceso migratorio desde M?xico hacia los Estados Unidos ha servido como base tem?tica para un sinn?mero de relatos. Las dif?ciles condiciones de vida de las regiones fronterizas, potencia el ?xodo incontrolable de muchos mexicanos que ven en ese cambio de pa?s la posibilidad... Read Full Overview

Tomas Rivera's original Spanish-language novel plus a new translation into English by Evangelina Vigil-Pinon. ...y no se lo trago la tierra won the first national award for Chicano literature in 1970 and has become the standard literary text for Hispanic literature classes throughout... Read Full Overview

Examines in English and Spanish the lives of migrant workers moving from south Texas up through the Plains, and the experiences of all ages and sexes