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Bless Me, Ultima

Rudolfo Anaya

In Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima, set in New Mexico in the 1940s, young Antonio becomes obsessed with questions about destiny, life and death, and good and evil. When elderly folk healer Ultima moves in with Antonio's family to live out her last days, Antonio turns to her for guidance when he loses confidence in parental viewpoints and Catholicism. Bless Me, Ultima is the first of a trilogy in which author Rudolpho Anaya skillfully sets up dialogue between Antonio and Ultima.

Take the Quiz The author explores the subconscious world of his culture's collective images, symbols, and dreams through
  1. Antonio, who is struggling to find his path in life
  2. Tenorio, the evil barkeeper
  3. the witchlike Trementina sisters
  4. Ultima, the folk-healer
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