War dances
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802119193 :
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Physical Description:
209 p. ; 22 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Grove Press, c2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Short stories and poems. |
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." |
Biographical or Historical Data: | Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. is a Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker. |
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Subject: | First Nations authors. Indigenous peoples Coeur d'Alene Tribe -- Fiction Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Fiction Short stories, American Spokane people -- Fiction |
Genre: | Short-short stories. Poetry. Short stories. Short stories. |
Topic Heading: | Indigenous collection |
Available copies
- 6 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | Alex (Text) | 33294001752575 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
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.