The Resource Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko
Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 262 pages
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1977
- Isbn
- 9780140086836
- Label
- Ceremony
- Title
- Ceremony
- Statement of responsibility
- Leslie Marmon Silko
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Silko, Leslie Marmon
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 890L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Contemporary American fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945
- Laguna Indians
- Laguna Indians
- Veterans
- Label
- Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1977
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 297531
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 262 pages
- Isbn
- 9780140086836
- Lccn
- 85019216
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780140086836
- (OCoLC)12554441
- Label
- Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1977
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 297531
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 262 pages
- Isbn
- 9780140086836
- Lccn
- 85019216
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780140086836
- (OCoLC)12554441
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