Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

War dances / by Sherman Alexie. - 1st ed. - New York : Grove Press, c2009. - 209 p. ; 22 cm.

"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."

A collection of short stories and poems including 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.

ISBN: 0802119190 9780802119193 : $23.00 9780802119193 : 9780802119193 $23.00

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Coeur d'Alene Indians--Fiction.
Short stories, American.
Indians of North America--Fiction.
Spokane Indians--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3551.L35774 / W37 2009 Popular / ALE

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54 813/.54