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Bless Me, Ultima

Rudolfo Anaya

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Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima enters his life. She is a curandera, one who heals with herbs and magic. 'We cannot let her live her last days in loneliness,' says Antonio's mother. 'It is not the way of our people,' agrees his father. And so Ultima comes to live with Antonio's family in New Mexico. Soon Tony will journey to the threshold of manhood. Always, Ultima watches over him. She graces him with the courage to face childhood bigotry, diabolical possession, the moral collapse of his brother, and too many violent deaths. Under her wise guidance, Tony will probe the family ties that bind him, and he will find in himself the magical secrets of the pagan past—a mythic legacy equally as palpable as the Catholicism of Latin America in which he has been schooled. At each turn in his life there is Ultima who will nurture the birth of his soul.

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Pages:: 290 pages

Publication:: 1999

Publisher:: Grand Central Publishing

Edition:: 25th Anniversary ed., 0025-Anniversary

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0446675369

ISBN13:: 9780446675369

kindle Asin:: B006QBKIAY

Bless Me, Ultima

Rudolfo Anaya

3.82/5 (31256 ratings)

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Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima enters his life. She is a curandera, one who heals with herbs and magic. 'We cannot let her live her last days in loneliness,' says Antonio's mother. 'It is not the way of our people,' agrees his father. And so Ultima comes to live with Antonio's family in New Mexico. Soon Tony will journey to the threshold of manhood. Always, Ultima watches over him. She graces him with the courage to face childhood bigotry, diabolical possession, the moral collapse of his brother, and too many violent deaths. Under her wise guidance, Tony will probe the family ties that bind him, and he will find in himself the magical secrets of the pagan past—a mythic legacy equally as palpable as the Catholicism of Latin America in which he has been schooled. At each turn in his life there is Ultima who will nurture the birth of his soul.

Format:

Pages:: 290 pages

Publication:: 1999

Publisher:: Grand Central Publishing

Edition:: 25th Anniversary ed., 0025-Anniversary

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0446675369

ISBN13:: 9780446675369

kindle Asin:: B006QBKIAY

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