The Lone Ranger And Tonto Fistfight In Heaven - Brossura

Alexie, Sherman

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ISBN 10: 0802141676 ISBN 13: 9780802141675

Casa editrice: Grove Pr, 2005

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A collection of twenty-two interconnected short stories portrays life on the Spokane Indian Reservation, relating the stories of a child with alcoholic parents, a letter-writer who is dying of cancer, and others. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.

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Again and again, Alexie’s prose startles and dazzles with unexpected, impossible-to-anticipate moves. With this stunning collection, Sherman Alexie has become quite clearly an important new voice in American literature.” The Boston Globe

Poetic [and] unremittingly honest . . . The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is for the American Indian what Richard Wright’s Native Son was for the black American in 1940.” The Chicago Tribune

There is, to be sure, too much booze and too little hope on the reservation in Alexie’s work, but also resilient real people living and loving, and, above all, laughing.” Seattle Post-Intelligence

Alexie’s prose startles and dazzles.” The Boston Globe

Poetic and unremittingly honest . . . The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is for the American Indian what Richard Wright’s Native Son was for the black American in 1940.” The Chicago Tribune

Spare, disturbing stories . . . with stark, lyric power.” The New York Times Book Review

Alexie blends an almost despairing social realism with jolting flashes of visionary fantasy and a quirky sense of gallows humor. In Sherman Alexie's voice we hear the voice of a people asking questions we cannot answer or avoid.” The Bloomsbury Review

A compelling and impressive collection.” The Washington Times

An impressive collection. . . . His tales include all the ingredients of contemporary American Indian life: humor, heartbreak, and humanity.” Willamette Week

Stunning and compelling. Alexie is a visionary and by far the best writer I've seen published in recent years.” Talk of the Town (Washington)

Extremely fine. . . . Alexie writes with simplicity and forthrightness, allowing the power in his stories to creep up slowly on the reader.” Publishers Weekly

Lyrically beautiful and almost always very funny. Irony, grim humor, and forgiveness help characters transcend pain, anger and loss. The ability both to judsge and to love gives this book its searing yet affectionate honesty.” Kirkus Reviews

Alexie writes with grit and lyricism that perfectly capture the absurdity of a proud, dignified people living in squalor, struggling to survive in a societ they disdain. Highly recommended.” Library Journal

This collection of 22 short stories based on the Spokane Indian Reservation is often humorous and insightful. It views American Indian lives from a contemporary standpoint and addresses the issues facing reservation life today.” Diverse Issues in Higher Eduation

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Book by Alexie Sherman

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• Editore: Grove Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0802141676
• ISBN 13: 9780802141675
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 242