Rudolfo A. Anaya

""Alburquerque" is a rich and tempestuous book, full of love and compassion, the complex and exciting skullduggery of politics, and the age-old quest for roots, identity, family."--John Nichols, author of "The Milagro Beanfield War"

Alburquerque

Chronicles the lives of a Mexican American family in Albuquerque, New Mexico

A Novel

Heart of Aztlan

Rudolfo A Anaya

Captured and accused of plotting against the Spaniards in 1680 New Mexico, every day fifteen-year-old Serafina trades the governor one story for one Pueblo prisoner.

Serafina's Stories

A Short Novel

The Legend of La Llorona

A collection of ten original and traditional stories set in New Mexico, including "Lupe and la Llorona," "The Shepherd Who Knew the Language of Animals," and "Coyote and Raven."

Stories from the Rio Grande

My Land Sings

Struggling in the footsteps of his legendary lawman grandfather, small-time private investigator Sonny Baca seeks out the truth about his cousin's bizarre murder

Zia Summer

Enrique R. Lamadrid

Amy Córdova

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

The Crying Woman

La Llorona

A bildungsroman about a young Mexican-American boy, Antonio, in a New Mexican village during the 1940s. He faces a choice that will determine the course of his entire life: to follow his father's family's nomadic lifestyle, or to settle down to agriculture as his mother's family has done.

Bless Me, Ultima

Following the 1992 death of civil rights activist Csar Chavez, who fought for the rights of farm workers, civil rights, and environmental justice, Anaya eulogized Chavez and his life's work in this poem which calls all peoples together to continue the non-violent struggle for freedom and justice. Full-color illustrations.

Elegy on the Death of César Chávez

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.

A Bilingual Story

The First Tortilla

La magia di Ultima

When a curandera comes to stay with a young boy, he tests the bonds that tie him to his culture and finds himself in the secrets of the past.

San Val Publishing

Bendiceme, Ultima

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Set in a small New Mexican community during World War II, Antonio speaks of the dignity, traditions, and mythology of Chicano life.

a novel

Bless me, Ultima

Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima comes to stay with his family in New Mexico.

Rudolfo A. Anaya

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