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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. 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 | One of my favorite books of all time. ( )angellreads | Oct 26, 2007 | This is the story of a small circle of friends who form a band, play some shows and try to hit it big. But it's so much more than that: it's a look at life on a Native American reservation (Spokane), it's mysticism and mundanity, it's Indian/white relations, it's absurdity and intensity, and it's even got some sex, drugs and rock'n'roll thrown in for fun. Read the rest of my review of Reservation Blues on my blog, The Nerd is the Word. http://nerdword.blogspot.com/2006/03/... (  )Totalnerd | Jun 3, 2007 | 0.799 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
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.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:52 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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