Ceremony (Contemporary American Fiction Series) | 
| Author: Leslie Marmon Silko
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 14378
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0140086838
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780140086836
ASIN: 0140086838
Publication Date: March 4, 1986
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Thirty years since its original publication, Ceremony remains one of the most profound and moving works of Native American literature, a novel that is itself a ceremony of healing. 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. Masterfully written, filled with the somber majesty of Pueblo myth, Ceremony is a work of enduring power.
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 Surprising read July 11, 2008
A serious and special read -- highly recommended for the spirit seeker or the simply interetsed in a tale of soul searching.
 A MASTERPIECE January 14, 2008
Stepping Off the Edge: Learning & Living Spiritual Practice
A classic in Native American literature, Ceremony tells the story of Tayo, a young Native man who returns from W.W.II with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Silko's masterful writing interweaves the personal, social and societal causes for Tayo's illness with traditional Native legends and cures. Beautiful, inspiring and very harsh. Like Tayo's life. A stellar book. I have a list of study questions our Book Review used in examining this book. E mail me if you want them.
Ceremony September 26, 2007
It is beautifully written. The main character becomes someone you want to know and love. It fills your heart with sadness and hope.
 It's just stupid August 25, 2007
0 out of 13 found this review helpful
It's just stupid. Just don't do it. If you're thinking about reading it, just don't. Spare yourself the agony. I'd rather be in a Vietnamese prison camp than reading this again.
Winners and Losers August 23, 2007
Most Americans subscribe to the American Dream--anyone can "win" if he or she fights hard enough-- for themselves and those close to them. Not everyone includes minorities in this premise; not everyone feels they are true Americans. This is the story of Tayo, son of an American Indian and a Mexican; truly he is not only a minority to the whites but also to the other Indians with whom he lives. The plot revolves around his lifelong struggle to fit in with the other Indians ; serving in World War II sharpened his feelings of inferiority and threatened to overwhelm him. His many attempts to overcome his feelings, and those who helped and hindered him make it difficult to put down the book until the very end. Readers who are willing to grit their teeth and sometimes re-read sections which appear out of place will be more than rewarded.
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