Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780802120397)

Sherman Alexie's 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." Alexie's new stories are fresh and quintessential--about 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.


Author: Sherman Alexie
ISBN-10: 0802120393
ISBN-13: 9780802120397
Publisher: Grove Press
Language: English
Published: 10/02/2012
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.60d
Award: Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/15/2012 pg. 54
Booklist 07/01/2012 pg. 21
Publishers Weekly 07/23/2012 pg. 29
Library Journal 08/01/2012 pg. 90
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2012 pg. 3
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2012
Shelf Awareness 10/12/2012
People Weekly 10/22/2012 pg. 54
Kirkus Best Fiction 11/15/2012 pg. 4
New York Times Book Review 11/25/2012 pg. 20
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/02/2012 pg. 24
New York Times Book Review 12/02/2012 pg. 70

About the Author
Alexie is a poet, novelist, and screenwriter. He has won the Pen/Faulkner Award, Stranger Genius Award in Literature, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, and the Malamud Award. Alexie lives in Seattle.