num_pages: 271
description: From "one of the nation's foremost Chicano literary artists" comes a coming-of-age classic and the bestselling Chicano novel of all time that follows a young boy as he questions his faith and beliefs — now one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads" (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.
language: English
title: Bless Me, Ultima
titlecomplete: Bless Me, Ultima
characters: Tenorio, Antonio Marez, Ultima, la Grande, Narciso
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Coming Of Age, School, Young Adult, Banned Books, Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 33628
places: New Mexico, The United States of America
awards: name: Premio Quinto Sol, awardedAt: 1451635200000
name: NMBA Richard Harris Award
publisher: Warner Books, Inc