Ceremony: (Penguin Orange Collection)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 |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 2 |
Section 3 | 5 |
Section 4 | 34 |
Section 5 | 38 |
Section 6 | 75 |
Section 7 | 76 |
Section 8 | 78 |
Section 13 | 129 |
Section 14 | 142 |
Section 15 | 201 |
Section 16 | 208 |
Section 17 | 211 |
Section 18 | 230 |
Section 19 | 237 |
Section 20 | 238 |
Section 9 | 99 |
Section 10 | 105 |
Section 11 | 107 |
Section 12 | 121 |
Section 21 | 245 |
Section 22 | 247 |
Section 23 | 249 |
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