Crossing Vines by Rigoberto Gonzalez (paperback)

In the grim reality of Southern California's grape fields, even the sun is a dark spot.  For the migrant grape pickers in Crossing Vines, Rigoberto Gonzalez's novel that spans a single workday, the sun is a constant, malevolent force.  The characters endure backbreaking, monotonous work as they succumb to the whims of their corrupt bosses.  Each minute the sun rises higher in the sky is an eternity.