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The Toughest Indian in the World

Sherman Alexie
4.5
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Pages
238
Year
2013
Language
English
Publisher
Open Road Media

About

A virtuoso collection from one of America's best writers In this bestselling volume of stories, National Book Award winner Sherman Alexie challenges readers to see Native American Indians as the complex, modern, real people they are. The tender and tenacious tales of The Toughest Indian in the World introduce us to the one-hundred-eighteen-year-old Etta Joseph, former co-star and lover of John Wayne, and to the unnamed narrator of the title story, a young Indian journalist searching for togetherness one hitchhiker at a time. Countless other brilliant creations leap from Alexie's mind in these nine stories. Upwardly mobile Indians yearn for a more authentic life, married Indian couples push apart while still cleaving together, and ordinary, everyday Indians hunt for meaning in their lives. The Toughest Indian in the World combines anger, humor, and beauty into radiant fictions, fiercely imagined, from one of America's greatest writers. This ebook features an illustrated biography including rare photos from the author's personal collection.

Related Subjects

  • Literary
  • Adult Fiction
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Short Stories (single author)
  • General
  • Indigenous

Reviews

"Lyrical, rebellious, sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking . . . Alexie is one of the best American writers of any color today."
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"A funny, irreverent, sardonic but sentimental, rebellious postmodern voice."
Joyce Carol Oates
"Stunning . . . Alexie's prose contains the reverberations and human noise of the best Raymond Carver stories . . . Although Alexie's stories may taste like grief, they read like heaven."
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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