A review by pipercurda
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
4.0
*recommended by hayley*
if you want a better review for this go read hayley’s because she nailed it. and i’ll just be echoing her by saying this should be required reading in any american lit class because it is so essential to understanding the plight of the people to which this country actually belongs.
particularly struck by tayo’s experience of biculturalism and the resulting prejudices against him. also a great commentary on ptsd, alcoholism, and the ways war serves to make people on the margins feel like they’re accepted by their country when, in actuality, they are only being used by it.
the plot is extremely nonlinear, but almost never too confusing. honest prose mixed with traditional Native American poetry/storytelling interspersed throughout so you’re never allowed to forget that this book is distinctly Native American.
if you want a better review for this go read hayley’s because she nailed it. and i’ll just be echoing her by saying this should be required reading in any american lit class because it is so essential to understanding the plight of the people to which this country actually belongs.
particularly struck by tayo’s experience of biculturalism and the resulting prejudices against him. also a great commentary on ptsd, alcoholism, and the ways war serves to make people on the margins feel like they’re accepted by their country when, in actuality, they are only being used by it.
the plot is extremely nonlinear, but almost never too confusing. honest prose mixed with traditional Native American poetry/storytelling interspersed throughout so you’re never allowed to forget that this book is distinctly Native American.