Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

The great Native American Novel of a battered veteran returning home to heal his mind and spirit, from celebrated author Leslie Marmon Silko

Decades after 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. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition contains a new preface by the author and an introduction by Larry McMurtry.

Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback.

Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition

Leslie Marmon Silko was born in 1948 into a family of Mexican, Laguna Native, and European ancestors. She has stated that the quest to define what it means to be a half-breed or mixed-blood person is at the heart of her writing. Her great-grandmother and other female relatives taught her about the Laguna people's stories and traditions as she grew up on the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. With the receipt of her B.

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ISBN 13	9780143129462
ISBN 10	0143129465
Title	Ceremony
Author	Leslie Marmon Silko
Series	Penguin Orange Collection
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2016-10-18
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.