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Reservation
Blues Paperback
published by Warner Books Paperback Reprint Edition published by Grove/Atlantic |
Related
Sherman Alexie and Jim Boyd recorded a soundtrack to this novel.
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Awards
Before Columbus Foundation: American Book Award 1996
1996 Murray Morgan Prize
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Summary
In the 111-year life of the Spokane Indian reservation, not one person has arrived by accident-until the day the black stranger appears with nothing more than the suit he wears and the guitar slung over his back. The man happens to be the legendary bluesman Robert Johnson, in flight from the devil and presumed long dead. And when he passes his enchanted instrument to young Thomas-Builds-the-Fire-storyteller, misfit, and musician-a magical odyssey begins. From reservation bars to small-town taverns, from the cement trails of Seattle to the concrete canyons of Manhattan, Thomas and his Coyote Springs bandmates careen through ancestral nightmares and rock-and-roll dreams, sounding chords of celebration and survival as timeless as their tribe.
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Songs
Reservation Blues
Treaties
Indian Boy Love Song
Father and Farther
My God Has Dark Skin
Falling Down and Falling Apart
Big Mom
Urban Indian Blues
Small World [WAV]
Wake
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Reviews
New York Times: Longing for magic
BBR Review: Alexie reserves the blues for awhile
Austin Chronicle: Native son
Sojourners Magazine: Which road to freedom?
Kirkus Reviews
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