The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Sherman Alexie
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Setting: Spokane Indian Reservation, Wellpinit, Washington
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Culture, 1960’s, 1970’s, Tradition, 1980’s, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Native Americans or American Indians, Alcohol, Storytelling, Pacific Northwest, Hurricanes
- Locales: Washington, Spokane Indian Reservation, WA, Wellpinit, WA
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is Sherman Alexie’s first full-length work of fiction. In 1992, Hanging Loose Press published his The Business of Fancydancing (see Magill’s Literary Annual 1993) praised for its mythmaking power to portray the inner lives and unspoken conflicts of Native Americans caught with “one foot in the reservation and the other in the outside world.” In The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Alexie continues to write about a native culture whose traditions, such as powwows and oral storytelling, have been...
[The entire page is 2352 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
See Also
