Anaya, Rudolfo A. Bless Me, Ultima. Quinto Sol Publications: Berkeley, California. First Edition, First Printing. June 1972. 8vo. Black softcover with off-white text and illustration of main character, Ultima. Anaya's novel illuminates the importance of retaining one's cultural identity and traditions amidst the pervasive nature of Anglo-Saxon prejudices and religious.....
Rudolfo A. Anaya. Bless Me, Ultima. Berkeley: Quinto Sol Publications, 1972. Softcover. Second edition of this groundbreaking novel by Rudolfo A. Anaya, widely regarded as the foundational work of Chicano literature. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Leslie - My best wishes / Rudolfo A. Anaya.".....
[Chicano Literature] Anaya, Rudolfo. Tortuga. Berkeley, California: Editorial Justa Publications. 1979. First stated edition, first printing. Signed by the author on title page. Soft cover. 8vo; 197pp. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Anaya spearheaded the Chicano literature movement as he wrote on themes of Chicano culture and heritage that were.....
[Chicano Literature] Anaya, Rudolfo A. Bless Me, Ultima, 1973, a foundational work of Chicano literature exploring Mexican American identity and tensions between Indigenous spiritual traditions and Catholic orthodoxy in the U.S. Southwest. Written during a period of intensified Chicano cultural and political activism, the novel establishes a narrative of cultural.....
