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The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems
by: Sherman Alexie

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780914610007
ISBN: 0914610007
Label: Hanging Loose Press
Manufacturer: Hanging Loose Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 84
Publication Date: 1992-05
Publisher: Hanging Loose Press
Sales Rank: 100153
Studio: Hanging Loose Press

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stories & poems -- 'He's making myth' (Joy Harjo)

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- a great introduction to Alexie's writing
After reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian last summer, I decided to work my way through Alexie's oeuvre since I had already also read and enjoyed Reservation Blues. Two short story collections and one novel later, I was done. Not in that my task was completed but in that I couldn't take anymore. Then The Business of Fancydancing came into my possession after waiting about six months for it. Unwilling to let the book go after waiting so long for it, I decided to see what the first page was like. Ten hours later I had finished it.

The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems is Alexie's first published work (from 1991). As the subtitle suggests, the book is considered a collection of stories and poems. However, since most of the stories are less than five pages I think a fair argument could be made that the five stories are actually prose poems instead of stories. That might just ... Read More

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- introspective
Probably my favorite Alexie poetry book. This book also contains short stories, the meager beginnings of "The Lone Ranger and Tonto..." novel he was soon to write. Prepare to transport yourself into Alexie's world and share pain, joy and frustration, but prepare to walk away wounded, battled and bruised as you find yourself falling deeper and deeper into an introspective study of self.

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- Image-rich collection should transform your view of world
The Business of Fancydancing is a collection that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up while you laugh, cry and stare at the written page with stunned amazement. Alexie uses language as a paintbrush, creating a complex mosaic of life growing up Indian and walking through a world that is not quite yours. The author slashes at stereotypes of what it is to be an American Indian. All too real tragedy and pain is laced with black humor, revealing a poet/essayist who I sincerely hope rises to be a Steinbeck of his generation.

Those who consider themselves New Age may not care to venture into this work unless thick-skinned and self-aware.

Then again, maybe the children of the New Age SHOULD read this remarkable window on the world of Sherman Alexie. Enjoy.

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