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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://npl.worldcat.org/oclc/436289590 Title: War dances Author: Sherman Alexie Publisher: New York : Grove Press, ©2009. ISBN/ISSN: 9780802119193 0802119190 9780802144898 0802144896 OCLC:436289590

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War dances

Author:	Sherman Alexie
Publisher:	New York : Grove Press, ©2009.
Edition/Format:	Book : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:	A collection of short stories includes the title story, in which a famous writer, who just learned he may have a brain tumor, must decide how to care for his distant, American Indian father who is slowly dying.

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Genre/Form:	Short stories Fiction
Material Type:	Fiction
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Sherman Alexie Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780802119193 0802119190 9780802144898 0802144896
OCLC Number:	436289590
Awards:	PEN/Faulkner award, 2010.
Description:	209 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents:	"The Limited" -- Breaking and entering -- "Go, Ghost, Go" -- Bird-watching at night -- "After building the Lego 'Star Wars' Ultimate Death Star" -- War dances -- "The theology of reptiles" -- Catechism -- "Ode to small-town sweethearts" -- The senator's son -- "Another proclamation" -- Invisible dog on a leash -- "Home of the braves" -- The ballad of Paul Nonetheless -- "On airplanes" -- Big bang theory -- "Ode for pay phones" -- Fearful symmetry -- "Ode to mix tapes" -- Roman Catholic haiku -- "Looking glass" -- Salt -- "Food chain."
Responsibility:	by Sherman Alexie.
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Fresh off his National Book Award win, Alexie delivers a heartbreaking and hilarious collection of stories that explores the precarious balance between self-preservation and external responsibility Read more...

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"Sherman Alexie is not a finicky writer. He is often messy and in-your-face in a way that can make you laugh (or shudder) when you least expect to. . . . "War Dances" is Alexie's fiercely Read more...

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