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War dances / by Sherman Alexie.

Alexie, Sherman, 1966- (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802119193
  • ISBN: 0802119190
  • ISBN: 9780802144898 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0802144896 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 209 pages ; 22 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:
PEN/Faulkner award, 2010.

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Subject:
Short stories, American.
Indians of North America > Fiction.
Spokane Indians > Fiction.
Coeur d'Alene Indians > Fiction.
Authors > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Terminally ill > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 0 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Lummi Library ALEX 2009 279497 Fiction Checked out 05/02/2013
Lummi Library ALEX 2009 288375 Fiction Checked out 07/04/2024
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