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Alexie, Sherman, 1966-
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Indians of North America -- Fiction.
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Alexie, Sherman, 1966-
Indians of North America -- Fiction.
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Blasphemy
/ Sherman Alexie.
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Alexie, Sherman, 1966-
Grove Press, c2012.
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FICTION ALE
Subjects
Indians of North America -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780802120397
0802120393
Alternate title:
Blasphemy
: new and selected stories
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
465 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Cry cry cry -- Green world -- Scars -- The toughest indian in the world -- War dances -- This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona -- Midnight basketball -- Idolatry -- Protest -- What ever happened to Frank Snake Church? -- The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven -- The approximate size of my favorite tumor -- Indian country -- Because my father always said he was the only indian who saw Jimi Hendrix play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock -- Scenes from a life -- Breakfast -- Night people -- Breaking and entering -- Do you know where I am? -- Indian education -- Gentrification -- Fame -- Faith -- Salt -- Assimilation -- Old growth -- Emigration -- The search engine -- The vow -- Basic training -- What you pawn I will redeem.
Summary:
Combines fifteen of the author's classic short stories with fifteen new stories in an anthology that features tales involving donkey basketball leagues, lethal wind turbines, and marriage. In these comfort-zone-destroying tales, including the masterpiece, War Dances, characters grapple with racism, damaging stereotypes, poverty, alcoholism, diabetes, and the tragic loss of languages and customs. Questions of authenticity and identity abound.
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Short stories.
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