false 52873 9 <div>When it was first published in 1993, <i>The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven </i>established Sherman Alexie as a stunning new talent of American letters. The basis for the award-winning movie <i>Smoke Signals,</i> it remains one of his most beloved and widely praised books. In this darkly comic collection, Alexie brilliantly weaves memory, fantasy, and stark realism to paint a complex, grimly ironic portrait of life in and around the Spokane Indian Reservation. These twenty-two interlinked tales are narrated by characters raised on humiliation and government-issue cheese, and yet are filled with passion and affection, myth and dream. Against a backdrop of alcohol, car accidents, laughter, and basketball, Alexie depicts the distances between Indians and whites, reservation Indians and urban Indians, men and women, and, most poetically, modern Indians and the traditions of the past.</div> 829351 1993 The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven total:4266|5:1574|4:1762|3:763|2:130|1:37| 4266 17504 5569 473 5 13 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 09:05:02 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 13:41:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 12:46:23 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 22:21:01 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 04:59:42 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 08:53:58 -0700 2008 The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, how could I pass this one up?

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Sherman Alexie grew up on the Spoke Indian Reservation in Wellpinit Washington, near Spokane. He has written nearly 20 books of fiction, poetry, short stories, and has had a couple films made based on his work. One of those films, Smoke Signals, ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 12:36:57 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 13:07:07 -0700 2009
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"There are things you should learn. Your past is a skeleton walking one step behind you, and your future is a skeleton walking one step in front of you. May...more...]]>