Ceremony: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Contributor(s): Silko, Leslie Marmon (Author), McMurtry, Larry (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143104918 ISBN-13: 9780143104919 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: "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. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Native American & Aboriginal - Fiction | Historical - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2006050705 |
Lexile Measure: 890 |
Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (0.65 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The great Native American Novel of a battered veteran returning home to heal his mind and spirit More than thirty-five years since 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. The Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition contains a new preface by the author and an introduction by Larry McMurtry. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |