num_pages: 465
description: Sherman Alexies stature as a writer of stories poems and novels has soared over the course of his twenty-book twenty-year career. His wide-ranging acclaimed stories from the last two decades from The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven to his most recent PEN/Faulkner award-winning War Dances have established him as a star in modern literature. A bold and irreverent observer of life among Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest the daring versatile funny and outrageous Alexie showcases all his talents in his newest collection Blasphemy where he unites fifteen beloved classics with fifteen new stories in one sweeping anthology for devoted fans and first-time readers. Included here are some of his most esteemed tales including What You Pawn I Will Redeem This is What it Means to Say Phoenix Arizona The Toughest Indian in the World and War Dances. Alexies new stories are fresh and quintessentialabout donkey basketball leagues lethal wind turbines the reservation marriage and all species of contemporary American warriors.An indispensable collection of new and classic stories Blasphemy reminds us on every thrilling page why Sherman Alexie is one of our greatest contemporary writers and a true master of the short story.
language: English
title: Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories
publisher: Grove Press