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Reservation Blues por Sherman Alexie
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Reservation Blues

por Sherman Alexie

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Reservation Blues is the story of three Spokane Indians and two Flathead Indians who start a band together (Coyote Springs). The book focuses on what reservation life is truly like. Sherman Alexie illustrates the hardships, triumphs, and down falls that many Native Americans face while growing up on the rez. Alexie’s writing keeps readers enthralled and urging for more. I couldn’t put the book down for one second while I was reading. I had to keep reading to find out how Coyote Springs journey would end. ( )
  KIEC | Aug 28, 2009 |
One of my favorite books. It was the first book of his that I read, and it made me cry in a time when I didn't weep at the drop of a hat.
  booksofcolor | Jul 10, 2009 |
my favorite author. my favorite novel by sherman alexie. also has a (mostly) fabulous cd companion. the songs in the book performed by jim boyd. dang. ( )
  ama_bee | Mar 22, 2008 |
the CD soundtrack with songs by Jim Boyd (Colville reservation) and Sherman Alexie is also great
  bookinglibrarian | Feb 6, 2008 |
This was my first exposure to Sherman Alexie and I was just blown away by his style. I first picked this up at a local bookstore and decided tio read a few pages, just to see if I liked the flavor. The opening scene, the legendary blues guitarist Robert Johnson making an appearance on a modern reservation in Spokane, Washington, got my attention right away. Twenty pages later, and still standing in the aisle of the bookstore, I realized I did not want to put it down.

The characters created by Alexie are so real to me, I could hear them talking as I read the story. I was very surprised when I heard an NPR interview with the author and he sounded exactly as I had imagined the lead character of this narrative, Thomas Builds-the Fire, would sound.

"Reservation Blues" is a blend of history and fiction, though I would not classify this as Historical Fiction, and glimpses of modern reservation life, some of which I presume is semi-autobiographic. There are also elements of magic and time travel blended in, but this work should not be confused with Science Fiction. There is also a very large dose of social commentary that is integral to the story.

In short, there's a little something here for almost every reader's taste. Try it, you'll like it! ( )
  PghDragonMan | Dec 8, 2007 |
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0446672351, Paperback)

Winner of the American Book Award and a critically acclaimed national best seller, Reservation Blues continues to find new and adoring readers in academic and popular circles alike. In 1931, Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul to the devil, receiving legendary blues skills in return. He went on to record only twenty-nine songs before being murdered on August 16, 1938. In 1992, however, Johnson suddenly reappears on the Spokane Indian Reservation and meets Thomas Builds-the-Fire, the misfit storyteller of the Spokane Tribe. When Johnson passes his enchanted instrument to Thomas - lead singer of the rock-and-roll band Coyote Springs - a magical odyssey begins that will take the band from reservation bars to small-town taverns, from the cement trails of Seattle to the concrete canyons of Manhattan. Sherman Alexie imaginatively mixes narrative, newspaper excerpts, songs, journal entries, visions, radio interviews, and dreams to explore the effects of Christianity on Native Americans in the late twentieth century. In addition, he examines the impact of cultural assimilation on the relationships between Indian women and Indian men. Reservation Blues is a painful, humorous, and ultimately redemptive symphony about God and indifference, faith and alcoholism, family and hunger, sex and death.

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