Tayo, a young Native American, has been a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and the horrors of captivity have almost eroded his will to survive. His return to the Laguna Pueblo reservation only increases his feeling of estrangement and alienation. While other returning soldiers find easy refuge in alcohol and senseless violence, Tayo searches for another kind of comfort and resolution.Tayo's quest leads him back to the Indian past and its traditions, to beliefs about witchcraft and evil, and to the ancient stories of his people. The search itself becomes a ritual, a curative ceremny that defeats the most virulent of afflictions despair.
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- ISBN10 0140086838
- ISBN13 9780140086836
- Publish Date 13 April 2000 (first published 4 March 1986)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 10 May 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pearson Education Limited
- Imprint Prentice-Hall
- Edition Open market ed
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 262
- Language English