'Ceremony is the greatest novel in Native American literature. It is one of the greatest novels of any time and place' Sherman Alexie
Author: Leslie Marmon Silko
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9780141992631
Category: Fiction
Page: 272
- A vocabulary list featuring 'Ceremony' by Leslie Marmon Silko, Sections 4–5. Tayo is a World War II veteran and former prisoner of war who struggles to find peace when he returns to the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. Here are links to our lists for the novel: Sections 1–3, Sections 4–5, Sections 6–8, Sections 9–10.
- My professor was kind enough to write me back, reassure me that my own respect for the story would likely translate, and recommend some resources, including “Special Problems in Teaching Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony” (Allen 1990) and a chapter from Other Destinies: Understanding the American Indian Novel (Owens 1994). I also scouted out.
- Ceremony by Leslie Silko The novel Ceremony, written by Leslie Silko deals with the actions of a Native American youth after fighting, and being held captive during World War II. The young mans name is Tayo and upon returning to the U.S., and eventually reservation life he has many feelings of estrangement and apathy towards society.
Ceremony is a novel by writer Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo), first published by Viking Press in March 1977. The title Ceremony is based upon the oral traditions and ceremonial practices of the Navajo and Pueblo people.
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