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This coming-of-age classic from "one of the nation's foremost Chicano literary artists" follows a young boy as he questions his faith and beliefs after a curandera woman introduces herbs and magic into his life (Denver Post).
Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. She is a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic. Under her wise wing, Tony will probe the family...
Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. She is a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic. Under her wise wing, Tony will probe the family...
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Una prosa exquisita y una narracion maravillosa han ayudado a hacer de Rudolfo Anaya uno de los mas importantes autores de la literatura hispana. En efecto, los cuentos de Anaya realmente relucen con una riqueza y una belleza obsesionante. Ganador del PEN Center West Award for Fiction para su novela inolvidable, Alburquerque, Anaya es tal vez mas amado por su bestseller clasico, Bendiceme, Ultima . Antonio Marez tiene seis anos cuando Ultima viene...
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2012
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Una prosa exquisita y una narracion maravillosa han ayudado a hacer de Rudolfo Anaya uno de los mas importantes autores de la literatura hispana. En efecto, los cuentos de Anaya realmente relucen con una riqueza y una belleza obsesionante. Ganador del PEN Center West Award for Fiction para su novela inolvidable, Alburquerque, Anaya es tal vez mas amado por su bestseller clasico, Bendiceme, Ultima . Antonio Marez tiene seis anos cuando Ultima viene...
4) The Essays
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Fifty-two essays exploring identity, literature, immigration, and politics by one of the godfathers of Chicano literature. In his essay "The New World Man," Rudolfo Anaya writes, "I stand poised at the center of power, the knowing of myself, the heart and soul of the New World man alive in me." Best known for his novel Bless Me, Ultima, which established him as one of the founders of Chicano literature, The Essays illustrates Anaya's gift for storytelling...
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Master storyteller Rudolfo Anaya explores the world of pain and recovery in this autobiographical novel about an injured teenage boy's journey to overcome suffering-both physical and spiritual When the story opens, the eponymous hero of Rudolfo Anaya's novel is in an ambulance en route to a hospital for crippled children in the New Mexican dessert. A poor boy from Albuquerque, sixteen-year-old Tortuga takes his name from the odd, turtle-shaped mountain...
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Taking its title from the original spelling of the city's name, Alburquerque is the story of a Chicano boxer's quest for identity Abrán González always knew he was different. Called a coyote because of his fair skin, the kid from Barelas found escape through boxing and became one of the youngest Golden Gloves champions. But the arrival of a letter from a dying woman turns his entire life into a lie. The revelation that he was adopted makes him...
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