The Resource Blasphemy : [new and selected stories], Sherman Alexie
Blasphemy : [new and selected stories], Sherman Alexie
Resource Information
The item Blasphemy : [new and selected stories], Sherman Alexie represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Blasphemy : [new and selected stories], Sherman Alexie represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Combines fifteen of the author's classic short stories with fifteen new stories in an anthology that features tales involving donkey basketball leagues, lethal wind turbines, and marriage. In these comfort-zone-destroying tales, including the masterpiece, War Dances, characters grapple with racism, damaging stereotypes, poverty, alcoholism, diabetes, and the tragic loss of languages and customs. Questions of authenticity and identity abound
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 465 pages
- Note
- Subtitle from dust jacket
- Contents
-
- Cry cry cry
- Green world
- Scars
- The toughest indian in the world
- War dances
- This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona
- Midnight basketball
- Idolatry
- Protest
- What ever happened to Frank Snake Church?
- The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven
- The approximate size of my favorite tumor
- Indian country
- Because my father always said he was the only indian who saw Jimi Hendrix play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock
- Scenes from a life
- Breakfast
- Night people
- Breaking and entering
- Do you know where I am?
- Indian education
- Gentrification
- Fame
- Faith
- Salt
- Assimilation
- Old growth
- Emigration
- The search engine
- The vow
- Basic training
- What you pawn I will redeem
- Isbn
- 9780802120397
- Label
- Blasphemy : [new and selected stories]
- Title
- Blasphemy
- Title remainder
- [new and selected stories]
- Statement of responsibility
- Sherman Alexie
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Combines fifteen of the author's classic short stories with fifteen new stories in an anthology that features tales involving donkey basketball leagues, lethal wind turbines, and marriage. In these comfort-zone-destroying tales, including the masterpiece, War Dances, characters grapple with racism, damaging stereotypes, poverty, alcoholism, diabetes, and the tragic loss of languages and customs. Questions of authenticity and identity abound
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2012.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10141140
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alexie, Sherman
- Dewey number
- 813
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3551.L35774
- LC item number
- B53 2012
- Literary form
- short stories
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Indians of North America
- Indigenous peoples
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- new and selected stories
- Label
- Blasphemy : [new and selected stories], Sherman Alexie
- Note
- Subtitle from dust jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cry cry cry -- Green world -- Scars -- The toughest indian in the world -- War dances -- This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona -- Midnight basketball -- Idolatry -- Protest -- What ever happened to Frank Snake Church? -- The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven -- The approximate size of my favorite tumor -- Indian country -- Because my father always said he was the only indian who saw Jimi Hendrix play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock -- Scenes from a life -- Breakfast -- Night people -- Breaking and entering -- Do you know where I am? -- Indian education -- Gentrification -- Fame -- Faith -- Salt -- Assimilation -- Old growth -- Emigration -- The search engine -- The vow -- Basic training -- What you pawn I will redeem
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 465 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802120397
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 781678625
- (OCoLC)781678625
- Label
- Blasphemy : [new and selected stories], Sherman Alexie
- Note
- Subtitle from dust jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cry cry cry -- Green world -- Scars -- The toughest indian in the world -- War dances -- This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona -- Midnight basketball -- Idolatry -- Protest -- What ever happened to Frank Snake Church? -- The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven -- The approximate size of my favorite tumor -- Indian country -- Because my father always said he was the only indian who saw Jimi Hendrix play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock -- Scenes from a life -- Breakfast -- Night people -- Breaking and entering -- Do you know where I am? -- Indian education -- Gentrification -- Fame -- Faith -- Salt -- Assimilation -- Old growth -- Emigration -- The search engine -- The vow -- Basic training -- What you pawn I will redeem
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 465 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802120397
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 781678625
- (OCoLC)781678625
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