Bendiceme Ultima (Bless Me, Ultima)
The author of "Alburquerque" presents the story of young Antonio Marez, who has been raised under the protective wing of a mystic and herbal healer and seeks out his family heritage while learning the secrets of his mentor.
The author of "Alburquerque" presents the story of young Antonio Marez, who has been raised under the protective wing of a mystic and herbal healer and seeks out his family heritage while learning the secrets of his mentor.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780446601771 (0446601772)
Publish date: September 1st 1994
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Read For School,
Historical Fiction,
Banned Books,
Magical Realism
The narrator, Antonio, is an intelligent, spiritually-inclined boy, the youngest of a large family in rural New Mexico. The villages and the land around them are drawn with depth and beauty. That’s the strongest aspect of this book: the spirit of the place. Trees, river, lake, sky, and soil are aliv...
This is a beautifully written coming of age story that I listened to as an unabridged audiobook. I don’t typically seek out this sort of book but the blurbage from the SYNC program caught my eye last summer and, well, it was free and I'm all about the free. I regret reading many a book but my only...
How do I begin writing a review for this book? I guess I'll start with a story of how I came to read "Bless Me Ultima" and why I ended up reading it again in recent considerations (2013). I read "Bless Me Ultima" for the first time in my AP Literature and Composition class. My teacher at the time ...
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A lifetime ago I had the pleasure of taking two semesters of creative writing at the University of New Mexico. At the time, I had never heard of Rudolfo Anaya, and didn't realize that my professor was such an accomplished artist. I absolutely loved his classes, and yet, even after I learned he had...
12 years ago
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