| Authors: |
Alexie, Sherman, 1966-
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Indians of North America -- Fiction.
Short stories, American.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York, NY : Grove Press, c2012. |
| Description: |
viii, 465 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780802120397 0802120393 |
| Notes: |
Subtitle from dust jacket. |
| 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-Spanged 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. |
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| 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. |