Rudolfo Anaya: Bless Me, Ultima; Tortuga; Alburquerque Loa #361 Anaya Rudolfo

Library of America presents a definitive collection of the founder of modern Chicano literatureMythmaker, master storyteller, and a writer powerfully attuned to the land and history of his native New Mexico, Rudolfo Anaya is one of the undisputed fathers of Chicano literature.Writing in an era when Latino voices were marginalized and just beginning to be read and acknowledged, Anaya broke new ground with Bless Me, Ultima (1972), a mythic novel that captures the richness and complexity of history, community, and place in the American Southwest. Although his mother imagines that we will become a Catholic priest, Antonio is drawn to the charismatic Ultima, an elderly curandera or Set just after World War II in eastern New Mexico, Bless Me, Ultima revolves around the young boy Antonio and his quest to understand his identity and the prospects for his future.