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Tortuga

by Rudolfo A Anaya

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Set in a hospital for crippled children, this novel explores one of the most difficult and troubling aspects of life-the meaning of pain and suffering. The adolescent hero, Tortuga or Turtle, takes his name from the oddly shaped mountain near the hospital and from the rigid cast that enclosed his body. In spite of incapacity, disfigurement, and neglect, Tortuga discovers the courage to transcent tragedy.

Synopsis:

Anaya's first book, Bless Me, Ultima, was a ground-breaking novel of the life and folklore of Chicanos in southeastern New Mexico. Tortuga, his third novel, far supercedes all ethnic and geographical boundaries. His children are all mankind. . . . it opens our eyes to the depths and heights of feeling within us . . . the accomplishment of a major novel.--Frank Waters
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780826310743
Subtitle:
(a novel )
Author:
Anaya, Rudolfo A.
Author:
Anaya
Publisher:
University of New Mexico Press
Location:
Albuquerque :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Children
Subject:
Handicapped children
Subject:
Hospitals
Subject:
Medical fiction
Subject:
Children -- Hospitals -- Fiction.
Subject:
Bildungsromane.
Subject:
Bildungsromans
Subject:
Children with disabilities
Copyright:
1988
Series Volume:
GTR-166
Publication Date:
1998
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
197 p.
Dimensions:
9.05x6.16x.60 in. .74 lbs.
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"Synopsis" by , Anaya's first book, Bless Me, Ultima, was a ground-breaking novel of the life and folklore of Chicanos in southeastern New Mexico. Tortuga, his third novel, far supercedes all ethnic and geographical boundaries. His children are all mankind. . . . it opens our eyes to the depths and heights of feeling within us . . . the accomplishment of a major novel.--Frank Waters
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