Ten Little Indians
by Sherman Alexie
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Author: Sherman AlexieEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-03-17
ISBN: 080214117X
Number of pages: 243
Publisher: Grove Press
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Book Review: "Dear Lord, how much longer should I mourn the loss of Jerry Garcia?"
Summary: 5 Stars
I spent the past weekend soaked in Sherman Alexie. It was a pleasure to find out about Sherman Alexie (through his interview on KUOW's Weekday program). I really loved his short story collection Ten Little Indians. The stories reflect acute, honest observation of life, specifically from an Indian point of view. He doesn't sugar coat any flaws of Indians, or for that matter any other American. The genocide of Indians provides him with enough material to draw upon and every story made me laugh, cry and in some ways touched me deeply. The characters brim with humanity and you almost feel attached to the characters. I haven't enjoyed short stories this much in a long time.
His movie Smoke Signals is equally good and worth watching. But I think his books are far better.
Here are some of my favorite lines from the book:
"If a Poet falls in a forest, and there's nobody there to hear him,does he make a metaphor or simile?"
"It's tough to be a smart girl anywhere, but it's way tough to be on the rez."
"We are people exiled by other exiles, by Puritans, Pilgrims, Protestants, and all of those other crazy white people thrown out of a crazier Europe."
"But I exist, she shouted to the world, and my very existence disproves what my conquerors believe about this world and me, but since my conquerors cannot be contradicted, I must not exist."
"After all, didn't those self-martyring terrorists believe they would be rewarded with seventy-two virgins in heaven? Political posturing aside, didn't a few thousand stupid men believe terrorism was another way to get laid? What would happen if United States offered seventy-three virgins to each terrorist if he would abstain from violence? Instead of deploying an army of pissed-off US soldiers to Afghanistan and Iraq, we could send a mercy team of patriotic virgins."
"God, I'm supposed to be some electric aboriginal warrior, but I'm really a wimpy liberal pacifist. Dear Lord, how much longer should I mourn the loss of Jerry Garcia?"
"Seattle might be the only city in the country where white people lived comfortably on a street named after Martin Luther King Jr."
"I am a Native American and therefor have ten thousand more reasons to terrorize U.S. than any of those Taliban jerk-offs, but I have chosen instead to become a American citizen, so all of you white folks should be celebrating my kindness and moral decency and awesome ability to forgive!"
"The average while male working the graveyard shift at 7-Eleven in the year 2003 is a more educated and advanced and decent human being than the average white male attending an Opera in New York City in 1876."
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