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Classics & Contemporary Book Discussion: Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

Tuesday, November 12, 10:30-11:30am, Adults, Auditorium

Thirty 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, filled with the somber majesty of Pueblo myth, Ceremony is a work of enduring power. (From the publisher)

Copies of the book are available here. Ebook copies are available through Digital Library of Illinois or the Libby app. Audiobook copies are available through Hoopla.

For those who would like to purchase a copy of Ceremony, please support our local independent bookstore, The Book Stall at 811 Elm Street in Winnetka. Copies may also be available at Books Down Under on the Lower Level of the library. Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Wilmette Public Library. 


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