![]() Masterfully written, filled with the somber majesty of Pueblo myth, Ceremony is a work of enduring power. ![]() Only by immersing himself in the Indian past can he begin to regain the peace that was taken from him. He is deeply scarred by his experience as a prisoner of the Japanese and further wounded by the rejection he encounters from his people. Tayo, a World War II veteran of mixed ancestry, returns to the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. 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. The great Native American Novel of a battered veteran returning home to heal his mind and spirit ![]()
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