Bleed into Me A Book of Stories |
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Author:
| Jones, Stephen Graham |
Series title: | Native Storiers: a Series of American Narratives Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8032-4350-7 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $25.30 |
Book Description:
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We stare at each other because we don't know which tribe, and then nod at the last possible instant. Standard procedure. You pick it up the first time a white friend leads you across a room just to stand you up by another Indian. As one character after another tells it in these stories, much that happens to them does so because "I'm an Indian". And, as Stephen Graham Jones tells it in one remarkable story after another, the life of an Indian in modern America is as rich in irony as it...
More DescriptionWe stare at each other because we don't know which tribe, and then nod at the last possible instant. Standard procedure. You pick it up the first time a white friend leads you across a room just to stand you up by another Indian. As one character after another tells it in these stories, much that happens to them does so because "I'm an Indian". And, as Stephen Graham Jones tells it in one remarkable story after another, the life of an Indian in modern America is as rich in irony as it is in tradition.