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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140086838
ISBN-139780140086836
eBay Product ID (ePID)63600
Product Key Features
Book TitleCeremony
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicNative American & Aboriginal, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Literary, Westerns
Publication Year1986
GenreSocial Science, Fiction
AuthorLeslie Marmon Silko
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height3.9 in
Item Weight3.5 Oz
Item Length3.9 in
Item Width3.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN85-019216
ReviewsAn exceptional novel—a cause for celebration. ( The Washington Post Book World ) Her assurance, her gravity, her flexibility are all wonderful gifts. ( The New York Review of Books ) The novel is very deliberately a ceremony in itself—demanding but confident and beautifully written. ( The Boston Globe ) Ceremony is the greatest novel in Native American literature. It is one of the greatest novels of any time and place. I have read this book so many times that I probably have it memorized. I teach it and I learn from it and I am continually in awe of its power, beauty, rage, vision, and violence. (Sherman Alexie) Without question Leslie Marmon Silko is the most accomplished Native American writer of her generation. ( The New York Times Book Review ), An exceptional novel--a cause for celebration. ( The Washington Post Book World ) Her assurance, her gravity, her flexibility are all wonderful gifts. ( The New York Review of Books ) The novel is very deliberately a ceremony in itself--demanding but confident and beautifully written. ( The Boston Globe ) Ceremony is the greatest novel in Native American literature. It is one of the greatest novels of any time and place. I have read this book so many times that I probably have it memorized. I teach it and I learn from it and I am continually in awe of its power, beauty, rage, vision, and violence. (Sherman Alexie) Without question Leslie Marmon Silko is the most accomplished Native American writer of her generation. ( The New York Times Book Review )
Dewey Edition23/eng/20231010
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Grade ToUP
SynopsisTayo, a young Native American, has been a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and the horrors of captivity have almost eroded his will to survive. His return to the Laguna Pueblo reservation only increases his feeling of estrangement and alienation. While other returning soldiers find easy refuge in alcohol and senseless violence, Tayo searches for another kind of comfort and resolution. Tayo's quest leads him back to the Indian past and its traditions, to beliefs about witchcraft and evil, and to the ancient stories of his people. The search itself becomes a ritual, a curative ceremny that defeats the most virulent of afflictions-despair., Tayo, a young Native American, has been a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and the horrors of captivity have almost eroded his will to survive. His return to the Laguna Pueblo reservation only increases his feeling of estrangement and alienation. While other returning soldiers find easy refuge in alcohol and senseless violence, Tayo searches for another kind of comfort and resolution. Tayo's quest leads him back to the Indian past and its traditions, to beliefs about witchcraft and evil, and to the ancient stories of his people. The search itself becomes a ritual, a curative ceremny that defeats the most virulent of afflictions despair. "
LC Classification NumberPS3569.I44C4 1986
