Summary
‘Sherman Alexie, writing at his winsome best… Warm, revealing, invitingly roundabout stories’ - New York Times
Sherman Alexie offers nine poignant and emotionally resonant stories about Native Americans who find themselves at personal and cultural crossroads.
In ‘The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above’, an intellectual feminist Spokane Indian woman saves the lives of dozens of white women all around her, to the bewilderment of her only child.
In ‘Do You Know Where I…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099464563 |
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| ISBN-10: | 009946456X |
| Author: | Sherman Alexie |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2005 |
| Weight: | 181g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 16mm |
| Audience Age: | 14-18 |
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Critics Review
[Written] with engaging humour and acuity… These stories irreverently explore the yearning for the sacred
[Written] with engaging humour and acuity… These stories irreverently explore the yearning for the sacred * Guardian *
Arresting and funny * Times Literary Supplement *
Intensely absorbing…Like Raymond Chandler, small deeds ripple through these lives without necessarily changing them, but Alexie’s rich tales will certainly affect, if not change, yours * Scotsman *
Alexie’s painfully funny and astute stories chase the dilemmas of the Spokane diaspora, stripped of any myth or presumption of what Indian might be * Independent *
A potent collection that takes a swipe at modern life and gives it a universal human face * Herald *
About The Author
Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie is the author of Reservation Blues, Indian Killer, The Toughest Indian in the World, and Flight. He wrote and directed The Business of Fancy-dancing and also wrote the award-winning screenplay for Smoke Signals, a film based on his short-story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. He has been nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the American Book Award.
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