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Blasphemy
Title:
Blasphemy
Author:
Alexie, Sherman, 1966-
ISBN:
9780802120397 :

0802120393 :
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed., new and selected stories
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Grove Press, c2012.
Physical Description:
465 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Cry cry cry -- Green world -- Scars -- The toughest indian in the world -- War dances -- This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona -- Midnight basketball -- Idolatry -- Protest -- What ever happened to Frank Snake Church? -- The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven -- The approximate size of my favorite tumor -- Indian country -- Because my father always said he was the only indian who saw Jimi Hendris play "The star-Spanged banner" at Woodstock -- Scenes from a life -- Breakfast -- Night people -- Breaking and entering -- Do you know where I am? -- Indian education -- Gentrification -- Fame -- Faith -- Salt -- Assimilation -- Old growth -- Emigration -- The search engine -- The vow -- Basic training -- What you pawn I will redeem.
Abstract:
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.