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Offers a fictional portrait of the characters, language, traditions, and daily life of those living on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
Imprint:
New York - Grove Press
Pages:
242
Series:
Edition:
1st Grove Press ed
ISBN:
0802141676, 9780802141675
Call number:
FICTION ALEXIE 2005
Language:
English
Contents:
Every little hurricane
A drug called tradition
Because my father always said he was the only Indian who saw Jimi Hendrix play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock
Crazy Horse dreams
Only traffic signal on the reservation doesn't flash red anymore
Amusements
This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona
The fun house
All I wanted to do was dance
The trial of Thomas Builds-the-Fire
Distances
Jesus Christ's half-brother is alive and well on the Spokane Indian Reservation
A train is an order of occurrence designed to lead to some result
A good story
The first annual all-Indian horseshoe pitch and barbecue
Imagining the reservation
The approximate size of my favorite tumor
Indian education
The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in Heaven
Family portrait
Somebody kept saying powwow
Witnesses, secret and not
Flight
Junior Polatkin's Wild West show
A drug called tradition
Because my father always said he was the only Indian who saw Jimi Hendrix play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock
Crazy Horse dreams
Only traffic signal on the reservation doesn't flash red anymore
Amusements
This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona
The fun house
All I wanted to do was dance
The trial of Thomas Builds-the-Fire
Distances
Jesus Christ's half-brother is alive and well on the Spokane Indian Reservation
A train is an order of occurrence designed to lead to some result
A good story
The first annual all-Indian horseshoe pitch and barbecue
Imagining the reservation
The approximate size of my favorite tumor
Indian education
The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in Heaven
Family portrait
Somebody kept saying powwow
Witnesses, secret and not
Flight
Junior Polatkin's Wild West show
Notes:
Every little hurricane -- A drug called tradition -- Because my father always said he was the only Indian who saw Jimi Hendrix play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock -- Crazy Horse dreams -- Only traffic signal on the reservation doesn't flash red anymore -- Amusements -- This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona -- The fun house -- All I wanted to do was dance -- The trial of Thomas Builds-the-Fire -- Distances -- Jesus Christ's half-brother is alive and well on the Spokane Indian Reservation -- A train is an order of occurrence designed to lead to some result -- A good story -- The first annual all-Indian horseshoe pitch and barbecue -- Imagining the reservation -- The approximate size of my favorite tumor -- Indian education -- The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in Heaven -- Family portrait -- Somebody kept saying powwow -- Witnesses, secret and not -- Flight -- Junior Polatkin's Wild West show
Statement of responsibility:
Sherman Alexie
Characteristics:
xxii, 242 p. :,port. ;,21 cm
Author (Original Script):
Alexie, Sherman
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Add a CommentAs Alexie admits in the introduction, it does read more like juvenile fiction.
Alexie manages to be so hilariously funny and so incredibly sad at the same time. I laughed, I cried, so true.
This book is a compilation of short stories that seemingly relate to each other in some more obvious ways, and some ways that require interpretation to fully understand. The ‘main’ character would be Victor, but ‘main’ is used pretty loosely as there are more characters in different stories, such as Thomas Builds-the-Fire. This book does not have a specific story and plot line since it jumps into different time periods and different events. This book is mainly about Indians going through life filled with stereotypes. The author also shows the daily life of Indians and how distant people are in the reservation. Victor and Thomas both go through many difficulties that ultimately lead the reader to pick up themes that are prevalent in this book. Themes such as alcoholism and hope are very common in this book. I actually enjoyed this book a lot. The short stories were usually not too difficult to read, but understanding them is a different thing. Sherman Alexie has this unique way of changing his style of writing and his language involving his style based on a different character, who we as readers must infer since there are not always names. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves to read about Indian life, challenges that main characters face, and just about teenage life, as this is a fiction book based on the author’s experience.
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven ---- Sherman Alexie c - 1994 ---- Funny, Funny, Funny ---- Enjoy! ---- RichardPaul
Full of real feeling, heartache and joy. I have to admit I enjoy Alexie's more recent work; and my favorite part of this book is the Introduction. Written 10 years after the book is originally published, Alexie describes himself as "a poet who whines in meter." That's why we love him!