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- Una historia rica y maravillosa sobre el paso de la niñez a la adultez, que revela verdades universales sobre la condición humana y celebra la belleza de la cultura chicana.
- About the Author: RUDOLFO ANAYA (1937-2020) fue una de las voces fundadoras de la literatura chicana moderna.
- 320 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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"I pulled this baby into the light of life . . . Only I will know his destiny." Antonio Marez is six years old when the woman who helped usher him into the world comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. Venerated by some as a miracle-worker--and disparaged by others as a bruja--Ultima, a curandera, or healer, opens Tony's eyes to the spiritual roots of his culture, and introduces him to a magical, if sometimes frightening, new world: a realm in which she operates as a shaman. Suddenly, the ordinary challenges and triumphs of childhood become extraordinary. As Ultima shows Tony how to cure ailments, reverse curses, and restore peace to those who have lost it, he embarks on a singular quest, one in which he probes the family ties that bind and rend him, questions the Catholicism that shaped him, and explores the Spanish, Mexican, and Native American influences that informed not only his heritage, but his very sense of self. And at each life turn there is Ultima, who was there the day he was born . . . and will nurture the birth of his soul."--Book Synopsis
Una historia rica y maravillosa sobre el paso de la niñez a la adultez, que revela verdades universales sobre la condición humana y celebra la belleza de la cultura chicana. "Llena de sueños sensuales [y] fenómenos inexplicables."--New York Times Antonio Márez tiene seis años cuando la mujer que lo ayudó a nacer en este mundo viene a quedarse con su familia en Nuevo México. Venerada por algunos como una milagrosa y menospreciada por otros como una bruja, Última, una curandera o sanadora, abre los ojos de Antonio a las raíces espirituales de su cultura y le presenta un nuevo mundo mágico, a veces aterrador: un reino en el que opera como chamán. De repente, los desafíos y triunfos ordinarios de la infancia se vuelven extraordinarios. Mientras Última le muestra a Antonio cómo curar dolencias, revertir maldiciones y restaurar la paz a quienes la han perdido, él se embarca en una búsqueda singular donde investiga los lazos familiares que lo unen y lo separan, cuestiona el catolicismo que lo formó, y explora las influencias españolas, mexicanas y nativas americanas que predominaron no solo en su herencia, sino también en su sentido de sí mismo. Y, en cada giro de la vida, allí está Última, desde el día en que nació. . . hasta nutrir el nacimiento de su alma. Introducción por el autor - Prefacio por Denise Chávez - Epílogo por Carmella Padilla - Ensayo por Manuel Muñoz Una grandiosa lectura de PBS Selección - The Big Read por el Fondo Nacional para las ArtesReview Quotes
"One of the nation's foremost Chicano literary artists."--Denver Post
"The best-known and most-respected contemporary Chicano fiction."--New York Times
"The novel has warmth of feeling."--Library Journal
"The novelist most widely known and read in the Latino community."--Newsweek
"This extraordinary storyteller has always written unpretentiously but provocatively about identity. Every work is a fiesta, a ceremony preserving but reshaping old traditions that honor the power within the land and la raza, the people."--Los Angeles Times Book Review
About the Author
RUDOLFO ANAYA (1937-2020) fue una de las voces fundadoras de la literatura chicana moderna. Como exprofesor de la Universidad de Nuevo México, ganó numerosos premios literarios, entre ellos, el Premio Nacional Quinto Sol de literatura chicana, el Premio Notable de Nuevo México del 2007 y el Premio de Ficción del PEN Center USA West. Fue un defensor permanente de las voces chicanas y se dedicó a apoyar a los aspirantes a escritores.Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.2 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Literary
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 320
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Format: Paperback
Author: Rudolfo Anaya
Language: Spanish
Street Date: September 17, 2024
TCIN: 92251329
UPC: 9781538770375
Item Number (DPCI): 247-02-9807
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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