Bless Me, Ultima
Bedrosian Bookclub Podcast
English - October 26, 2018 00:23 - 1 hour - 101 MB - ★★★★ - 29 ratingsSociety & Culture Arts Books citizenship governance literature losangeles publicpolicy urbanplanning book bookclub books cities Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Our new tradition, on the Bedrosian Bookclub, is to read a witchy book for the month of October. This year ...
We're taking a look at the coming of age novel, Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. This is the story of Antonio Marez, a six year old boy caught between his Father's love of travel, his mother's desire he become a priest, the town (modernity), and the farmland of the llano (tradition). Then a magical elder, a curandera (a healer who uses herbs and magic) comes to live with the family. She mentors the young boy as he begins to seek a better sense of himself in the world.
Host Lisa Schweitzer, joined by Caroline Bhalla, Aubrey Hicks, and Stacy Patterson (EML '12) find many themes to discuss in this novel set at the end of World War II in a small New Mexican community.
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