Bless me, Ultima

Summary: "Exquisite prose and wondrous storytelling have helped make Rudolfo Anaya the father of Chicano literature in English. Indeed, Anaya's tales fairly shimmer with the haunting beauty and richness of his culture. The winner of the Pen Center West Award for Fiction for his unforgettable novel Alburquerque, Anaya is perhaps best loved for his classic bestseller, Bless Me, Ultima ... 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 ties that bind and rend him, and he will discover himself in the magical secrets of the pagan past-a mythic legacy as palpable as the Catholicism of Latin America. And at each life turn there is Ultima, who delivered Tony into the world ... and will nurture the birth of his soul."--Cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780446600255
ISBN: 0446600253
Physical Description: xiii, 271 pages ; 18 cm
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Publisher: New York ; Boston : Grand Central Publishing, 1999.
Copyright: ©1972

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Book design by Gorgetta Bell McRee."--Title page verso. "Cover © 2013 Hachette Book Group, Inc."--Cover. Includes introduction, © 1999 Rudolfo A. Anaya. Includes reading group guide, © 1999 Rudolfo A. Anaya. "The Big Read selection, National Endowment for the Arts."--Cover.
Awards Note:	National Medal of Arts winner.