num_pages: 262
description: 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.
language: English
title: Ceremony
titlecomplete: Ceremony
genres: Fiction, Classics, Read For School, Historical, War, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels, School
ratings_count: 22645
places: Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, New Mexico
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: American Book Award, awardedAt: 1641024000000
name: NMBA Richard Harris Award
publisher: Penguin Books