Told from Tayo's point-of-view. He is a Native American who, along with his cousin, goes off to fight in Southeast Asia during WWII. When he returns home, he is suffering from PTSD. The story switches time periods from before the war growing up, during the war, after the war. Some of his friends...
He could see the story taking form in bone and muscleAfter reading a few Sherman Alexie books a few years ago, Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony started popping up in my suggestions, and for some reason, I thought it was poetry rather than a novel. Once I read the description, I put it on my wishlist, ...
He could see the story taking form in bone and muscleAfter reading a few Sherman Alexie books a few years ago, Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony started popping up in my suggestions, and for some reason, I thought it was poetry rather than a novel. Once I read the description, I put it on my wishlist, ...
On one hand, Ceremony is a well-told tale and an intriguing story. It is the kind of story that hasn't been told enough and so needs to exist. On the other, Ceremony is a cerebral read that feels slightly inauthentic and is arranged in a jarring manner (flashbacks galore) that makes the story diffic...
Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko, is hugely confusing but full of wisdom for readers who can slow down long enough to absorb it—which means that I probably missed a lot of what this book had to tell me. I have a feeling, though, that one reading, even for slower readers, is not enough for this tale ...
*2.5*I had to read this for school, so I was not very excited to read it. I enjoyed the beginning, but I felt like it got really boring throughout the middle and end. I liked the characters, and the messages and themes were powerful, but I just could not get into it.
I thought this was an ok read. Very reminiscent of a lot of reads from that period of time (60's/70's).Although, I found a chunk of the story interesting, I found that I was really unable to warm up to the characters, as a result of the poetry in the book, which in my humble opinion was highly distr...
Native American myth and magic intertwine with a young man's return from a Japanese internment camp. Tayo is searching for his past, present, and future while he heals. The power of storytelling. Terrific book.
This book always makes me feel small and dirty. And then at the end it makes up for it, makes me feel big and wide and wonderful. But mostly it makes me feel the first thing.
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