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- catalog abstract "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 ceremony that defeats the most virulent of afflictions-despair. "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 ceremony that defeats his despair.".
- catalog contributor b3373505.
- catalog created "1986, c1977.".
- catalog date "1986".
- catalog date "1986, c1977.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1986, c1977.".
- catalog 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 ceremony that defeats the most virulent of afflictions-despair. "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 ceremony that defeats his despair.".
- catalog extent "262 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Ceremony.".
- catalog identifier "0140086838 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ceremony.".
- catalog isPartOf "Contemporary American fiction".
- catalog issued "1986".
- catalog issued "1986, c1977.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Penguin Books,".
- catalog relation "Ceremony.".
- catalog spatial "New Mexico.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 19".
- catalog subject "Indians, North American New Mexico.".
- catalog subject "Laguna Indians Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Literature, Modern United States.".
- catalog subject "PS 3569 .I44 S583c 1977".
- catalog subject "PS3569.I44 C4 1986".
- catalog subject "Veterans.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Veterans Fiction.".
- catalog title "Ceremony / Leslie Marmon Silko.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "Western stories. gsafd".
- catalog type "text".