This is the bilingual edition of Tomas Rivera's original Spanish-language novel of...y no se lo trago la tierra which won the first national award for Chicano literature in 1970. It is now an award-winning, motion picture entitled And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him. Rivera's original Spanish-language novel plus a new translation into English by Evangelina Vigil-Pion.' . . . Y No Se Lo Trag la Tierra' won the first national award for Chicano literature in 1970 and has become the standard literary text for Hispanic literature classes throughout the country. It is now an award-winning, motion picture entitled 'And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him.'