by Sherman Alexie
War dances to zbiór różnych form literackich: opowiadań, wierszy i innych trudniejszych do sklasyfikowania. Sherman pisze w swoich tekstach o rasizmie, problemach małżeńskich, kryzysie tradycji, zmianach przekonań. Mamy więc młodego Indianina, który odbywa staż w lokalnej gazecie gdzie pod czujnym o...
Suffered by comparison to Erdrich's The Plague of Doves, but I needed a palate cleanser and this was nearby. The short stories were ... okay. The poems were less than okay and didn't add anything. Generally, I like poems that play with language and are more lyrical - this kind of spare, naive stuf...
This is a compilation of poetry and short fiction. It's well written and some of the fiction is very moving.
Loved parts of this more than words can say, but grew weary of the male introspection portions.
The poems inserted between these stories are perfect breaks, preventing me from carrying one tale's plot and characters into the next without disrupting the flow of the book. As usual, Alexie pulls out the guts of a story and examines the entrails for emotional truth.
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