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War dances

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 :
  • 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.
Subject: Spokane people -- Fiction
Short stories, American
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Fiction
Coeur d'Alene Tribe -- Fiction
Indigenous peoples
First Nations authors.
Genre: Short-short stories.
Poetry.
Short stories.
Short stories.
Topic Heading: Indigenous collection

Available copies

  • 7 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Prince Rupert Library Alex (Text) 33294001752575 Adult Fiction - Second Floor Volume hold Available -


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