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Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie (2005, Trade Paperback)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9780802141903
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0802141900
ISBN-13
9780802141903
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43437126
Product Key Features
Book Title
Reservation Blues
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Small Town & Rural, Literary, Humorous / General
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
94-046132
Reviews
"The mystical complexity of Reservation Blues is as mesmerizing as the poetic power of Alexie's writing. . . . Generously laced with bleak and sometimes wacky humor, but none of that detracts from the book's poignant theme." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Scathingly funny . . . Reservation Blues never misses a beat, never sounds a false note." -- Los Angeles Times "Quiet, powerful...brilliant, deeply moving...[Sherman Alexie] is funny, he is perceptive, and he knows how to stir us in large and small ways." -Frederick Busch, The New York Times Book Review "An important voice in American literature." - The Boston Globe, "The mystical complexity ofReservation Bluesis as mesmerizing as the poetic power of Alexie's writing. . . . Generously laced with bleak and sometimes wacky humor, but none of that detracts from the book's poignant theme."-San Francisco Chronicle "Scathingly funny . . . Reservation Blues never misses a beat, never sounds a false note."-Los Angeles Times "Quiet, powerful . . . brilliant, deeply moving…[Sherman Alexie] is funny, he is perceptive, and he knows how to stir us in large and small ways."The New York Times Book Review "An important voice in American literature."The Boston Globe, The mystical complexity ofReservation Bluesis as mesmerizing as the poetic power of Alexie's writing. . . . Generously laced with bleak and sometimes wacky humor, but none of that detracts from the book's poignant theme." —San Francisco Chronicle Scathingly funny . . .Reservation Bluesnever misses a beat, never sounds a false note." —Los Angeles Times Quiet, powerful…brilliant, deeply moving…[Sherman Alexie] is funny, he is perceptive, and he knows how to stir us in large and small ways." –Frederick Busch,The New York Times Book Review An important voice in American literature." –The Boston Globe
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
"Many may remember the tale of Robert Johnson, the musician who sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads in exchange for being the best blues guitarist around. What many may not know is that after this tragic deal in Mississippi, Johnson ended up in a small town on the Spokane Indian reservation in Washington state-at least that's how author Sherman Alexie tells it. In his new book Reservation Blues, Alxie spins the fictional tale of Johnson's adventure at a new crossroads, this one in a small town called Wellpinit, Wash. It is here that he comes to seek out Big Mom, a local medicine woman, and, in so doing, leaves his famous guitar in the hands of misfit storyteller Thomas Builds-the-Fire. Builds-the-Fire, brought back from Alexie's last book, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, takes up Johnson's magical guitar and, along with Victor Joseph, Junior Polatkin and two Flathead Indian sisters named Chess and Checkers, goes on to build a reservation blues band that takes the Northwest by storm... As the band plays club after club, Alexie uses music as a crosscultural bridge, without compromising the cultural integrity of his characters. The band members seem to take on the gamut of problems faced by Indians on the reservation today, battling everything from alcoholism to violence, political corruption to sexual abuse. Ghosts from the past, both personal and historical haunt the musicians, serving both to hold them back and urge them on. It would seem that the scars of abuse run deep." (The Commercial Appeal, June 11, 1995), Sherman Alexie has been hailed as "one of the best writers we have" ( The Nation ). Reservation Blues is his "irresistibly stunning debut novel" ( San Francisco Chronicle ). One day legendary bluesman Robert Johnson appears on the Spokane Indian reservation, in flight from the devil and presumed long dead. When he passes his enchanted instrument to Thomas-Builds-the-Fire--storyteller, misfit, and musician--a magical odyssey begins that will take them from reservation bars to small-town taverns, from the cement trails of Seattle to the concrete canyons of Manhattan. This is a fresh, luxuriantly comic tale of power, tragedy, and redemption among contemporary Native Americans.
LC Classification Number
PS3551.L35774 R74
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