And the Earth Did Not Part (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: Tomas Rivera
- First Published: 1971
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Culture, Suffering, Adolescence, Immigration or emigration, Faith, Mexican Americans, Devils or demons, Labor
- Locales: Texas
The Work
And the Earth Did Not Part, Tomás Rivera’s only published novel, exerted a great influence on the blossoming of Chicano literature. The book explores the psychological and external circumstances of a boy who is coming of age in a Mexican American migrant family. The novel is a collection of disjointed narratives, including twelve stories and thirteen vignettes, told with various voices. This unusual structure evokes impressions of a lifestyle in which the continuity of existence is repeatedly broken by forced migration, in which conflicting values tug at the...
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