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| Title | : | Bless Me, Ultima |
| Author | : | Rudolfo Anaya |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 290 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 1999 by Grand Central Publishing (first published 1972) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Magical Realism. Young Adult. Academic. School. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literature |
Rudolfo Anaya
Paperback | Pages: 290 pages Rating: 3.77 | 26034 Users | 2241 Reviews
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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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| Original Title: | Bless Me, Ultima |
| ISBN: | 0446675369 (ISBN13: 9780446675369) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Antonio Marez, Ultima, la Grande, Tenorio, Narciso |
| Setting: | United States of America New Mexico(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Premio Quinto Sol |
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Ratings: 3.77 From 26034 Users | 2241 ReviewsCriticize Based On Books Bless Me, Ultima
In the novel Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, One of the main character, Ultima is accused many times of being a witch. Ultima is a curandera who use herb and medicine to cures people. She goes to live with Antonio Marez, a young boy who lives in the illano with his parents and two sisters due to the fact that she cannot live by herself and had nowhere to stay. Although many people think she is a witch, her use of herbs, medicine, and scapular show that she is merely just a curandera. With herBless Me, Ultima is set in a small village on the edge of the plains (the llano) of New Mexico during the 1940s. It is a coming of age novel from the Hispanic perspective. Six year old Antonio must grapple with many conflicts as he strives to grow into a man in a multi-faith, multi-cultural setting.Antonio has been born into a Catholic family and looks forward to his first Communion, but he has many questions about his natal faith. Paganism is native to this area of the Southwest and Antonio
This is a delightful story written by a Mexican-American who is widely read, Rudolfo Anaya. The book won the Premio Quinto Sol, national Chicano literary award. It is the story of six-year-old Antonio Marez who bonds with Ultima, a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic. Under the guidance of this wise woman, Antonio examines family ties that bind him and tear him apart and discovers himself in the magical past. Antonio is strongly influenced by the church, a curandera named Ultima,
(2.5) While I was interested in the culture of the Mexican-American family of this book, it was too meandering for me to stay with once other books were ready for pick-up. Also, it's from the POV of a 7-year old child at first but it is written in a formal and adult voice, and so felt disconnected from his actual experience.
This book just wasn't for me. 😑
Wow! What a stunningly beautiful book! I hope to reread this someday just for the descriptions of the natural world. Ultima may now be one of my most favorite fictional characters...oh and how I wish I knew more about her! In many ways she reminded me of my own grandmother. I love the way she listened to the earth and I loved her for her quiet strength. Antonio reminded me so much of myself and the questions I began asking a young age, the questions I still ask. I loved Antonio for his awe in
Are you a good witch or a bad witch ... which? This beautiful book is about rejecting the binaries we cling to, and opening up to the nuanced mystery that is life. The argument for nuance begins with a bang. When Lupito shoots the sheriff, Antonio's father and Narciso both argue for a more complex, open-ended empathy or at least due process for him. But a swift and definitive vigilante justice prevails. We like easy, eye for an eye equations where murderers get what they deserve. But this is a
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