Originally published in 1926 in San Antonio, Texas as El sol de Texas, the novel chronicles the struggles of two Mexican immigrant families: the Garcías and the Quijanos. Their initial hopesof returning to their homeland with enough money to buy their own piece of landare worn away by the reality of immigrant life. Unable to speak English, they find themselves at the mercy of unscrupulous work contractors and foremen: forced to work at backbreaking labor picking cotton in the fields, building the burgeoning Southwest railroad system, and working in Gulf Coast oil refineries.
Considered the first novel of Mexican immigration, El sol de Texas / Under the Texas Sun depicts the diverse experiences of Mexican immigrants, from those that return to Mexico beaten down by the discrimination and hardship they encounter, to those who persist in their adopted land in spite of the racism they face.
The original Spanish-language text is accompanied by the first-ever English translation by Ethriam Cash Brammer and an introduction by John Pluecker. Publication of this fascinating historical novel will provide unique insight into the long history of Mexican immigration to the United States and its implications for cultural, historical, and literary studies.
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contenido
- Español
- Introducción. "Un méxico-texano más": El sol de Texas y conflictos de nación
- Sobre Conrado Espinoza y su texto
- El sol de Texas: la literatura de inmigración y la literatura chicana
- El sol de Texas—Estructura y temática
- Desde lo didáctico a lo performativo: la nación en proceso de articulación en El sol de Texas e ...Y no se lo tragó la tierra
- Conclusión
- Notas
- Bibliografia
- El sol de Texas
- Portada
- Capítulo I. Espejismos
- Capítulo II. La plaza del Zacate
- Capítulo III. La Bola de Oro
- Capítulo IV. El grito
- Capítulo V. ¡Solos! . . .
- Capítulo VI. Las piedras rodando se encuentran
- Capítulo VII. El barrio mexicano
- Capítulo VIII. La serenata
- Capítulo IX. ¡A la pizca!
- Capítulo X. Los algodones
- Capítulo XI. Cohete de luces
- Capítulo XII. Tricolor
- Capítulo XIII. Por los caminos...
- Capítulo XIV. El oro negro
- Capítulo XV. El camposanto
- Capítulo XVI. La cruz azul
- Capítulo XVII. El río grande
- English
- Introduction. "One more Texas-Mexican": Under the Texas sun and Conflicts of Nation
- About Conrado Espinoza and his Text
- Under the Texas sun: immigration and Chicano literature
- Under the Texas sun—Structure and Themes
- From the didactic to the Performative: The nation in the Process of articulation in Under the Texas sun and ...And the Earth did not devour him
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Under the Texas sun
- Cover
- Chapter I. Mirages
- Chapter II. Haymarket square
- Chapter III. The Golden Nugget
- Chapter IV. The scream
- Chapter V. All alone...!
- Chapter VI. Rolling stones meet
- Chapter VII. The mexican barrio
- Chapter VIII. The serenade
- Chapter IX. Back to the fields!
- Chapter X. The cotton fields
- Chapter XI. Fireworks
- Chapter XII. Red, white and green
- Chapter XIII. On the road...
- Chapter XIV. Black gold
- Chapter XV. Hallowed ground
- Chapter XVI. The blue cross
- Chapter XVII. The Rio Grande
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