The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: Sherman Alexie
- First Published: 1993
- 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 Work
Sherman Alexie’s initial foray into fiction (except for a few stories sprinkled among his poems), The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven appeared before his twenty-seventh birthday and was awarded a citation from the PEN/Hemingway Award committee for best first book of fiction in 1993. Praising his “live and unremitting lyric energy,” one reviewer suggested that three of the twenty-two stories in the book “could stand in any collection of excellence.”
Alexie grew up in Wellpinit, Washington, on the Spokane Indian Reservation; he is...
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