Ceremony
(Book)
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Tuba City Public Library - Fiction
FIC SILKO
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FIC SILKO
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Tuba City Public Library - Paperbacks
FIC SILKO
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FIC SILKO
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxiii, 243 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Lexile measure
890
Notes
General Note
"Originally published: New York : The Viking Press, 1977. With new preface by author."--T.p. verso.
Description
This story, set on an Indian reservation just after World War II, concerns the return home of a war-weary Laguna Pueblo young man. 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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Silko, L. M. (2006). Ceremony . Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948-. 2006. Ceremony. Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948-. Ceremony Penguin Books, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Silko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony Penguin Books, 2006.
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