The Legend of La Llorona

Name: The Legend of La Llorona
Author: Rudolfo Anaya

by Rudolfo Anaya

Retelling of the Mexican legend of the weeping woman and cultural mythology

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Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya was the most celebrated Chicano novelist, whose Bless Me Ultima is a magical realist coming-of-age story set in New Mexico that has become one of the most widely read novels in Southwest schools and universities.

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