Rudolfo A Anaya

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1) Bless me, Ultima

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Anaya, Rudolfo A

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English

2) Rudolfo Anaya: Bless me, Ultima ; Tortuga ; Alburquerque

Author

Anaya, Rudolfo A

Series

Library of America volume 361

Pub. Date

[2022]

Language

English

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"Mythmaker, 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....

3) La Llorona: the crying woman

Author

Anaya, Rudolfo A

Pub. Date

[2011]

Language

English

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In ancient Mexico, beautiful Maya's children are endangered by the threat of Señor Tiempo who, jealous of their immortality, plots to destroy them.

4) The farolitos of Christmas

Author

Anaya, Rudolfo A

Pub. Date

[1995]

Edition

First edition.

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English

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With her father away fighting in World War II and her grandfather too sick to create the traditional luminaria, Luz helps create farolitos, little lanterns, for their Christmas celebration instead.

5) Farolitos for Abuelo

Author

Anaya, Rudolfo A

Pub. Date

[1998]

Edition

First edition.

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English

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When Luz's beloved grandfather dies, she places luminaria around his grave on Christmas Eve as a way of remembering him.

6) The first tortilla: a bilingual story

Author

Anaya, Rudolfo A

Pub. Date

2007.

Language

English

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Guided by a blue hummingbird, Jade brings an offering to the Mountain Spirit who lives near her village in Mexico, and asks if he will send rain to end the drought that threatens the people. Includes information about the legend on which this story is based and facts about corn.

7) The santero's miracle =: El milagro del santero

Author

Anaya, Rudolfo A

Pub. Date

[2004]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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With Christmas only days away, it snows so heavily that Jacobo the wood carver and his visiting grandson are afraid the roads will not be cleared in time for the rest of the family to come from the city, and that a sick neighbor will not get the help he needs.

8) Alburquerque

Author

Anaya, Rudolfo A

Pub. Date

1992.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

9) Serafina's stories

Author

Anaya, Rudolfo A

Pub. Date

[2004]

Language

English

10) Cuentos: tales from the Hispanic Southwest : based on stories originally collected by Juan B. Rael

Author

Griego y Maestas, José

Pub. Date

[1980]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

11) Bless me, Ultima

Pub. Date

2013.

Language

English

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In New Mexico in the time of WWII, a young man goes to an aged medicine woman and forms a relationship which helps him challenge the fight amid the good and the evil that storms through his village.