Maxican American children New Mexico Fiction.
Mexican Americans Family relationships Fiction.
Curanderos (Medicina folklórica) Nuevo México Novela.
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.
Bless me, Ultima a novel
Selections from the story of Antonio and the wise old woman, Ultima, who comes to live with his family and whose influence changes Antonio's life.
World literature
Six-year-old Antonio embarks upon a spiritual journey under the watchful guidance of Ultima, a healing woman, that leads him to question his faith and beliefs in family, religion, and other aspects of his Chicano culture.
Ultima, a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic, comes to Antonio Marez's New Mexico family when he is six years old, and she helps him discover himself in the magical secrets of the pagan past.
La magia di Ultima
Young adult fiction
Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima comes to stay with his family in New Mexico.
Bildungsromans
Domestic fiction
Bless me, Ultima; a novel
"'Selected from "Bless Me, Ultima"' is the story of Antonio, a young Chicano boy, and his family. A wise old woman called Ultima comes to live with the family. Ultima is a 'curandera' (a healer). Antonio feels a special closeness to Ultima and her influence will change his life. 'Selected from "Bless Me, Ultima"' contains: a selection, a discussion of the different lifestyles of Chicano farmers and ranchers, a Spanish-English glossary, and ... more."
Bless me, Ultima
Selected from Bless me, Ultima
Bildungsromane
Set in a small New Mexican community during World War II, Antonio speaks of the dignity, traditions, and mythology of Chicano life.
Ultima is a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic, and she joins Antonio Marez's family when he is six years old, teaching him the magical secrets of the pagan past.
Rudolfo Anaya's Bless me, Ultima
When a healer comes to stay with a young boy, he tests the bonds that tie him to his culture and finds himself in the secrets of the past.
Bless me, Ultima : a novel
Selected from Bless me Ultima
Bless me, Ultima : a Novel
Bless Me, Ultima
Bless me,Ultima
Bendiceme Ultima
Bless Me, Ultima, is the story of young Antonio Marez, growing up in the small town of Guadalupe, New Mexico, during World War II. As he discovers the contrasting streams of his heritage - his mother's pious Chatolicism and his father's bold individualism - Antonio is guided to a realization of his own true self by Ultima, a woman with healing powers and a deep understanding of humanity's relation to the natural world.
Electronic books
Growing up in a small New Mexico town during World War II, Antonio Marez experiences the conflicts of disparate parents as well as a relationship with Ultima, a woman of healing powers and mysticism.
Bendíceme, Ultima
Contains selections from the novel, a discussion of the lifestyles of Chicano farmers, and information on the writer's life and his work.
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.
A bildungsroman about a young Mexican-American boy, Antonio, in a New Mexican village during the 1940s. He faces a choice that will determine the course of his entire life: to follow his father's family's nomadic lifestyle, or to settle down to agriculture as his mother's family has done.
Anaya draws on the Spanish-American folklore with which he grew up in this unique depiction of a Hispanic childhood in the Southwest.
Urutima boku ni daichi no oshie o
Antonio Marez is 6 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 test the bonds that tie him to his people, and discover himself in the pagan past, in his father's wisdom, and in his mother's Catholicism. And at each life turn there is Ultima, who delivered Tony into the world and will nurture the birth of his soul.
Cuando un curandera viene permanecer con un muchacho joven,?l prueba los enlaces que lo atan a su cultura y se encuentra en los secretos del pasado.
Young adult works
Tony faces the daunting prospect of growing up amidst constant religious and cultural uncertainty. His mother is a devoted Catholic, but her influence is challenged by Ultima--a woman with magical healing powers. As Tony follows his own path toward adulthood, he relies on Ultima's wisdom. With her guidance, he is able to forge his unique identity.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Chronicles the story of an alienated New Mexican boy who seeks answers to his questions about life in his relationship with Ultima, a magical healer.
Chronicles the story of an alienated New Mexico boy who seeks an answer to his questions about life in his relationship with Ultima, a magical healer.
Fiction
Bless me, Ultima selections
Milhone, Kinsey (Fictitious Character) - Fiction.
Medicine, Traditional New Mexico Fictional Works.
Mexican American Family relationships Fiction.
Mexicano-americanos Nuevo México Novela.
Niños mexicano-americanos Nuevo México Novela.
Mexican Americans New Mexico Fictional Works.
Mexican American children New Mexico Fiction.
Mexican American children-New Mexico-Fiction.
Mexican Americans southwestern United States.