新墨西哥文学经典：祝福我，乌尔蒂玛（美国PBS百大图书） Bless Me, Ultima

基本信息

Format:Paperback 320 pages

Publisher:Grand Central Publishing

Imprint:Grand Central Publishing

ISBN:9781538769850

Published:17 Sep 2024

Weight:172g

Dimensions:171 x 107 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

这部“知名、受尊敬”的成长经典作品充满了“感性的梦想[和]无法解释的现象”，由奇卡诺文学教父创作，讲述了一个在二战后新墨西哥州的拉诺或平原长大的小男孩，以及一位慷慨的医生将他带入神圣生活的故事（纽约时报）。

PBS 美国读物 · 荣获 Premio Quinto Sol 奖 · 荣获国家人文奖章 · 包含作者、剧作家和舞台导演 Denise Chavez 撰写的新序言；获奖记者兼作家 Carmela Padilla 撰写的新后记；以及麦克阿瑟研究员和乔伊斯卡罗尔欧茨奖获得者 Manuel Muñoz 撰写的新论文。

“我把这个婴儿带到了生命的光明中……只有我知道他的命运。”

当帮助他来到这个世界的女人来到新墨西哥州与他的家人住在一起时，Antonio Marez 已经六岁了。一些人将她尊为奇迹创造者，而另一些人则将她贬为女魔。乌尔蒂玛是一名魔医，她让托尼看到了自己文化的精神根源，并带他进入了一个神奇的、有时令人恐惧的新世界：一个她以萨满魔师身份运作的王国。

突然间，童年的普通挑战和胜利变得非同寻常。当乌尔蒂玛向托尼展示如何治愈疾病、逆转不幸并为失去平静的人恢复平静时，他开始了一场独特的探索，在这场探索中，他探究了束缚和撕裂他的家庭纽带，质疑塑造他的天主教信念，探索西班牙、墨西哥和美洲原住民的影响，这些影响不仅影响了他的血统，也影响了他的自我意识。在每一个人生转折点上，都有乌尔蒂玛，她从他出生那天就在那里……并将滋养他心灵的诞生。

这是一个丰富而奇妙的故事，揭示了关于人类状况的普遍真理，并颂扬了奇卡诺文化的美丽。

包括阅读小组指南。

Full of “sensual dreams [and] unexplained phenomena,” this "best-known and most-respected" coming-of-age classic from the father of Chicano literature follows a young boy growing up in the llano, or plains, of post-World War II New Mexico, and the generous curandera who introduces him to the sacred side of life (New York Times).

A PBS Great American Read · Winner of the Premio Quinto Sol Award · Recipient of the National Humanities Medal · With a new Foreword by author, playwright, and stage director Denise Chavez; a new Afterword by award-winning journalist and author Carmela Padilla; and a new essay by Manuel Muñoz, a Macarthur Fellow and winner of the Joyce Carol Oates Prize.  

“I pulled this baby into the light of life . . . Only I will know his destiny.”

Antonio Marez is six years old when the woman who helped usher him into the world comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. Venerated by some as a miracle-worker—and disparaged by others as a bruja—Ultima, a curandera, or healer, opens Tony’s eyes to the spiritual roots of his culture, and introduces him to a magical, if sometimes frightening, new world: a realm in which she operates as a shaman.

Suddenly, the ordinary challenges and triumphs become extraordinary. As Ultima shows Tony how to cure ailments, reverse, and restore peace to those who have lost it, he embarks on a singular quest, one in which he probes the family ties that bind and rend him, questions that shaped him, and explores the Spanish, Mexican, and Native American influences that informed not only his heritage, but his very sense of self. And at each life turn there is Ultima, who was there the day he was born . . . and will nurture the birth of his soul.

A rich and wondrous story that reveals universal truths about the human condition and celebrates the beauty of Chicano culture.

Includes a Reading Group Guide.

作者简介

鲁道夫·安纳亚 (Rudolfo Anaya) 是畅销书《祝福我，乌尔蒂玛》的作者，也是现代奇卡诺文学的创始人之一。2016 年，他被授予国家人文奖章。他曾任新墨西哥大学教授，获得过许多文学奖项，包括 Premio Quinto Sol 全国奇卡诺文学奖、2007 年杰出新墨西哥人奖和美国笔会中心美国西部小说奖。《祝福我，乌尔蒂玛》被 PBS 评为美国伟大的读物，并被改编成一部故事片、一部歌剧和几部舞台剧。安纳亚一生都是奇卡诺声音的拥护者，并致力于支持有抱负的作家。他于 2020 年 6 月 28 日去世。

Rudolfo Anaya is the bestselling author of the beloved Bless Me, Ultima, and one of the founding voices in modern Chicano literature. In 2016, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack. A former professor at the University of New Mexico, he won numerous literary awards, including the Premio Quinto Sol National Chicano literary award, the 2007 Notable New Mexican Award, and the PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction. Bless Me, Ultima was named a Great American Read by PBS, and has been adapted into a feature film, an opera, and several stage plays. Anaya was a lifelong champion of Chicano voices and devoted himself to supporting aspiring writers. He passed away on June 28, 2020.