Classic City Readers: Ceremony

Classic City Readers is a longstanding book club dedicated to the appreciation and examination of the written word. Join Darcy on the third Wednesday of every month in the Close Community Room, from 12:00 - 1:00 pm, for a thoughtful and interesting literary discussion. Library cards are not required to check out the books for this book club. Just stop by the desk on the Main Level of the library to pick up a copy of the current title. On November 18th, we'll discuss Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. Description of Ceremony from Penguin Random House: 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. 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. The Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition contains a new preface by the author and an introduction by Larry McMurtry. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.