War Dances

Sherman Alexie · 2009 CE · Short Story · Native American · Contemporary

A mixed collection of stories, poems and fragments on Spokane Indian life, among them a son keeping vigil at his father's deathbed while a tumour grows in his own head. Alexie moves between comedy and grief without commenting on either. The collection was awarded the PEN/Faulkner Award; it is filed as short fiction, with the call recorded.

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