Bless Me, Ultima

This coming-of-age classic from "one of the nation's foremost Chicano literary artists" follows a young boy as he questions his faith and beliefs after a curandera woman introduces herbs and magic into his life (Denver Post) .

.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. And at each life turn there is Ultima, who delivered Tony into the world... and will nurture the birth of his soul.

Author: Rudolfo Anaya
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 04/01/1999
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.30w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780446675369
25th Anniversary Edition