Ceremony: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0143104918 ISBN13: 9780143104919 Release Date: December 2006 Publisher: Penguin Group Length: 272 Pages Weight: 0.68 lbs. Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3" Age Range: 18 years and up Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher The great Native American Novel of a battered veteran returning home to heal his mind and spirit One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years 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, fil