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I read the 20th anniversary edition. I enjoyed these short stories as much as Alexie’s other works about his experiences on the reservation.
My favorite story: A drug called tradition -- just a sample of his work --"I have come for you, I tell the horse, and he moves against me, knows it is true. I mount him and ride silently through the camp, right in front of a blind man who smells us pass by and thinks we are just a pleasant memory. When he finds out the next day who we really were, he will remain haunted and crowded the rest of his life. I am riding that pony across the open plain, in moonlight that makes everything a shadow. Wha
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Like this better on second read. It has been a number of years since the first. Appreciate the new intro. I enjoy his recent works even more, but it is nice to see the foundation of his writing, where he started from.
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