While it is true that Pete Fonseca is an unsavory rogue, he is a memorable creation whose evil influence, temporarily cloaked in good will, draws everyone into his net of deceit so that the final betrayal of his unsuspecting bride seems all the more heinous. As a result of this somewhat question able editorial decision, “Pete Fonseca” was later published in several popular anthologies and became one of Rivera’s best known short stories. The editor explains that the former was excluded because the repre sentation of the protagonist “did not conform to the romanticized portrayal of the pachuco as the rebellious Chicano hero that was appearing in this forma tive period of Chicano literature” (75).

Edited by and “Eva and Daniel,” were originally intended as part of. The Harvest: Short Stories by Tomás Rivera. the earth did not part (1971), which examines the experiences of migrant Chicano farmworkers as seen through the consciousness of a young boy, Rivera possessesthat rare ability in writers to convert everyday episodes in the lives of ordinary people into small masterpieces of sparse yet often lyrical prose. Well-known in the field for his popular novel.

135 pages, $8.50.) This bilingual edition of Tomás Rivera’s complete short stories, edited by Julián Olivares, is a welcome addition to the increasing number of available creative works by Mexican-American authors. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:ħ4 Western American Literature The Harvest: Short Stories by Tomás Rivera.

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