Tortuga

by Anaya, Rudolfo

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Editorial Justa Publications, 1985. Trade Paperback 4th printing Near Fine condition. Novel set in a hospital for crippled children. Very compelling prose. ISBN: 091580834x

Book summary

In this unusual coming-of-age story, a young boy enters a hospital for crippled children. At first he despises the other patients, but gradually he learns that he has a kinship with all of them, and the world of the hospital takes over his life. When he returns to the outside world, he has become an adult who has learned from his suffering.