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War dances / by Sherman Alexie.
"Sherman Alexie delivers a collection of tender, witty, and soulful stories that capture modern relationships from the most diverse angles."--Inside front jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802144898 (trade pbk.)
- Physical Description: 209 p. ; 21 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Grove Press, c2009.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | "The Limited" -- Breaking and entering -- "Go, Ghost, Go" -- Bird-watching at night -- "After building the Lego 'Star Wars' Ultimate Death Star" -- War dances -- "The theology of reptiles" -- Catechism -- "Ode to small-town sweethearts" -- The senator's son -- "Another proclamation" -- Invisible dog on a leash -- "Home of the braves" -- The ballad of Paul Nonetheless -- "On airplanes" -- Big bang theory -- "Ode for pay phones" -- Fearful symmetry -- "Ode to mix tapes" -- Roman Catholic haiku -- "Looking glass" -- Salt -- "Food chain." |
| Awards Note: | Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, 2010. |
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| Subject: | Indians of North America > Fiction. Spokane Indians > Fiction. Coeur d'Alene Indians > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Short stories. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Vanderhoof Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Vanderhoof Public Library | AF ALE MJC (Text) | 35193000248023 | Mary John Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A collection of short stories includes the title story, in which a famous writer, who just learned he may have a brain tumor, must decide how to care for his distant, American Indian father who is slowly dying. - Baker & Taylor
The National Book Award-winning author ofThe Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian offers a new collection of short stories, including the title story, in which a famous writer, who just learned he may have a brain tumor, must decide how to care for his American Indian father who is slowly dying, in a new edition that has been revised by the author. Original. Hardcover edition was a best-seller. - Perseus PublishingIn his first new fiction since winning the National Book Award for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, best-selling author Sherman Alexie delivers a virtuoso collection of tender, witty, and soulful stories that expertly capture modern relationships from the most diverse angles. War Dances brims with Alexieâs poetic and revolutionary prose, and reminds us once again why he ranks as one of our countryâs finest writers.
With bright insight into the minds of artists, entrepreneurs, fathers, husbands, and sons, Alexie populates his stories with average men on the brink of exceptional change: In the title story, a son recalls his fatherâs ânatural Indian deathâ from alcohol and diabetes, just as he learns that he himself may have a brain tumor; âThe Ballad of Paul Nonetheless,â dissects a vintage clothing store ownerâs failing marriage and courtship of a Puma-clad stranger in airports across the country; and âBreaking and Enteringâ recounts a film editorâs fateful confrontation with an thieving adolescent.
Brazen and wise War Dances takes us to the heart of what it means to be human. The new beginnings, successes, mistakes, and regrets that make up our daily lives are laid bare in this wide-ranging new work that is quintessential - Perseus PublishingIn his first new fiction since winning the National Book Award for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, best-selling author Sherman Alexie delivers a virtuoso collection of tender, witty, and soulful stories that expertly capture modern relationships from the most diverse angles. War Dances brims with Alexieâs poetic and revolutionary prose, and reminds us once again why he ranks as one of our countryâs finest writers.
With bright insight into the minds of artists, entrepreneurs, fathers, husbands, and sons, Alexie populates his stories with average men on the brink of exceptional change: In the title story, a son recalls his fatherâs ?natural Indian deathâ from alcohol and diabetes, just as he learns that he himself may have a brain tumor; ?The Ballad of Paul Nonetheless,â dissects a vintage clothing store ownerâs failing marriage and courtship of a Puma-clad stranger in airports across the country; and ?Breaking and Enteringâ recounts a film editorâs fateful confrontation with an thieving adolescent.
Brazen and wise War Dances takes us to the heart of what it means to be human. The new beginnings, successes, mistakes, and regrets that make up our daily lives are laid bare in this wide-ranging new work that is quintessential
