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Tortuga : A Novel by Rudolfo A Anaya is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Tortuga : A Novel about?

Master storyteller Rudolfo Anaya explores the world of pain and recovery in this autobiographical novel about an injured teenage boy{u2019}s journey to overcome suffering{u2014}both physical and spiritual When the story opens, the eponymous hero of Rudolfo Anaya{u2019}s novel is in an ambulance en route to a hospital for crippled children in the New Mexican dessert. A poor boy from Albuquerque, sixteen-year-old Tortuga takes his name from the odd, turtle-shaped mountain that is rumored to possess miraculous curative powers. Tortuga is paralyzed, and not even his mother{u2019}s fervent prayers can heal him. But under the mountain{u2019}s watchful gaze, with the support of fellow patients, he begins the Herculean task of breaking out of his shell and becoming whole again. Drawn from personal experience and imbued with the magic realism and phantasmagorical vision quests that distinguish Anaya{u2019}s work, Tortuga is a joyful, life-sustaining book about hope, faith, friendship, and love that celebrates the triumph of the human spirit in the physical world

Who reads Tortuga : A Novel?

Author

Rudolfo A Anaya

Publisher

Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9781504011808

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.3 / 5 (164 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14