Duncan's review of Indian Killer
Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie
Duncan's review
rating:
recommended for:
masochists who want a big payoff later
status:
Read in April, 2003
Sadness and anger... While reading "flight" i couldn't help comparing it to Indian Killer. Totally different. The complete pessimism of Indian Killer is replaced by an optimism, a need to leave the past behind despite its horrific injustices. The two side by side would be a good read, especially since flight is alexei's first book in a while. I feel that between the two of them, some huge change has taken place in the man.
It's been a while since I read Indian killer, but I've been thinking about rereading it. It's definitely a book I want on my shelf. Although I was initally more taken with George Saunders in my cont. amer. lit. class, Sherman Alexei has definitely stolen the cake. Dark and brooding and irreparably harmed in Indian Killer put Flight into a context that is wonderful and illuminating and makes George Saunders look like a pedant. I suppose I'll pick up first indian on the moon, now, despite my aversion to most poetry.
It's been a while since I read Indian killer, but I've been thinking about rereading it. It's definitely a book I want on my shelf. Although I was initally more taken with George Saunders in my cont. amer. lit. class, Sherman Alexei has definitely stolen the cake. Dark and brooding and irreparably harmed in Indian Killer put Flight into a context that is wonderful and illuminating and makes George Saunders look like a pedant. I suppose I'll pick up first indian on the moon, now, despite my aversion to most poetry.
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