Summary

The great Native American Novel of a battered veteran returning home to heal his mind and spirit

Tayo, a World War II veteran of mixed ancestry, returns to the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. He is deeply scarred by his experience as a prisoner of the Japanese and further wounded by the rejection he encounters from his people. Only by immersing himself in the Indian past can he begin to regain the peace that was taken from him.

More than forty-five years since its original publication, Ceremony remains one of the most profound and moving works of Native American literature. Masterfully written, filled with the somber majesty of Pueblo myth, this is a work of enduring power, a novel that is itself a ceremony of healing.

Editorial Reviews

“An exceptional novel—a cause for celebration.” —Washington Post Book World

“Without question Leslie Marmon Silko is the most accomplished Native American writer of her generation.” —New York Times Book Review

“The novel is very deliberately a ceremony in itself—demanding but confident and beautifully written.” —Boston Globe

“Her assurance, her gravity, her flexibility are all wonderful gifts.” —New York Review of Books

“Ceremony is the greatest novel in Native American literature…I teach it and I learn from it and I am continually in awe of its power, beauty, rage, vision, and violence.” —Sherman Alexie, New York Times bestselling author

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Author Bio: Leslie Marmon Silko

Leslie Marmon Silko has said that her writing has at its core “the attempt to identify what it is to be a half-breed or mixed-blood person.” As she grew up on the Laguna Pueblo Reservation, she learned the stories and culture of the Laguna people from her great-grandmother and other female relatives. After receiving her BA in English at the University of New Mexico, she enrolled in the University of New Mexico School of Law but completed only three semesters before deciding that writing and storytelling were the means by which she could best promote justice. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.

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Format:	Retail CD
Available Formats :	Retail CD
Category:	Nonfiction/Social Science
Publisher:	Recorded Books, Inc.
CDs:	8
Runtime:	9.14
ISBN:	9781664491984
Audience:	Adult
Language:	English

Ceremony

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