Sherman Alexie
1) War dances
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
209 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
465 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Combines fifteen of the author's classic short stories with fifteen new stories in an anthology that features tales involving donkey basketball leagues, lethal wind turbines, and marriage. In these comfort-zone-destroying tales, including the masterpiece, War Dances, characters grapple with racism, damaging stereotypes, poverty, alcoholism, diabetes, and the tragic loss of languages and customs. Questions of authenticity and identity abound.
6) Face
Author
Publisher
Hanging Loose Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
159 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
"In this first full collection in nine years, Alexie's poems and prose show his celebrated passion and wit while also exploring new directions. Novelist, storyteller and performer, he won the National Book Award for his YA novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. His work has been praised throughout the world, but the bedrock remains what The New York Times Book Review said of his very first book: 'Mr. Alexie's is one of the major lyric...