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Ceremony
Ceremony
Author: Leslie Marmon Silko
"Demanding but confident and beautifully written" (Boston Globe), this is the story of a young Native American returning to his reservation after surviving the horrors of captivity as a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II. Drawn to his Indian past and its traditions, his search for comfort and resolution becomes a ritual--a curative cer...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780451120281
ISBN-10: 0451120280
Publication Date: 4/1/1978
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Publisher: Signet
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Helpful Score: 4
Great book. Very interesting look at modern Native Americans, looking espescially of the effects on the psychy after WWII.
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Ceremony puts the reader directly in Tayo's shoes in his quest for healing. A very spiritual book, revealing of Native American culture, yet mysterious at the same time. I just saw it at the National Museum of the American Indian in a new edition. I'm glad that such a classic is available to new
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Ceremony is a very well written, complex story of the life of the American Indian as told by one of their own. I enjoyed it very much, even though it was challenging to me to understand all that it was about.
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I loved this book when I first read it and have kept it for many years. I read this during my "Don Juan" period and while not quite as mystical, it was a very interesting book.
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A young Native American soldier returns home after WWII, but cannot leave the terrors of war behind him as he struggles to survive in a world out of balance.


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