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...

A Study Guide for Rudolfo Anaya's "Bless Me, Ultima," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

Rudolfo Anaya has been widely heralded as the "founder of Chicano literature." Bless Me, Ultima and many other of his works are standard texts in Chicano studies worldwide. This concise biography offers a fresh look at the man behind the classics.

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...

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...

"A young boy goes on a journey through the solar system searching for the spirit of his sister, discovers the basics of science and spirituality with the help of a mystic teacher and a super-powered cat….with an element of the classic YA SF novel, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle….Fasten your seatbelt!" - Chanticleer Book Reviews Love and Death have a story to tell. In the Missouri-Kansas border of 1962, Teddy's older sister died on a family...

This volume presents a variety of new essays on the perennial coming-of-age theme. Four essays survey the critical conversation regarding the theme, explore its cultural and historical contexts, and offer close and comparative readings of key texts in the genre. Other essays explore the theme in depth through a variety of critical approaches.