The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
by Sherman Alexie
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Author: Sherman AlexieEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-02-08
ISBN: 0802141676
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Grove Press
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Book Review: Great Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" is a great collection of short stories and the perfect starting point for those unfamiliar with the works of Sherman Alexie. Alexie was born and raised on the Spokane Indian reservation in Washington, and many of these stories are based off of real experiences from his time there. The topics this book covers range from alcoholism, relationships between a father and son, and traditional American Indian culture, something that these people are losing more and more as the years go by.
The stories mainly follow a Spokane Indian named Victor. The stories in the book are all independent of each other, they only share people and setting. In some of the stories, Victor is a little boy witnessing the evils of alcoholism and its effects on the people living on the reservation. In some others, he interacts with his father. Some of the stories also include a character named Thomas Builds-the-fire, a childhood friend of Victors who is known, but not necessarily liked, on the reservation for his ability to tell stories in the vein of traditional Indian storytelling. His presence in the collection gives us the voice of traditional Indian culture, which is not often seen these days in contemporary literature.
If you can read this review, I would recommend this book to you. Alexie is a brilliant writer. If you are unfamiliar with the current state of American Indian life, Alexie's prose will take you on a very enjoyable, and informative, ride. If you are already a fan of Alexie, this work is one of his darker and it would be the one that helped launch his very successful writing career. Five stars!
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