Tortuga
a novel
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Author
Publication
1988 - University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Language
English
Word Count
49,250 words, Guess
Page Count
197 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2404971M
- ISBN-100826310745
- OCLC Control Number17263784
- OCLC Control Numbertortuganovel00anay
- Library of Congress Control Number87035665
and 2 more
- Goodreads2365501
- LibraryThing2357475
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3551.N27 T67 1988
Description
A sixteen-year-old boy, nicknamed after the mountain Tortuga because he is encased in a full-body cast, embarks on a journey of spiritual and physical recovery in a hospital for crippled children after being paralyzed in a swimming accident.
Description
"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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