The search itself becomes a ritual, a curative ceremny that defeats the most virulent of afflictions-despair. 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. While other returning soldiers find easy refuge in alcohol and senseless violence, Tayo searches for another kind of comfort and resolution. His return to the Laguna Pueblo reservation only increases his feeling of estrangement and alienation. 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. This story, set on an Indian reservation just after World War II, concerns the return home of a war-weary Laguna Pueblo young man. Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1977
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