{"product_id":"9781480457164","title":"The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven","description":"\u003cb\u003eSherman Alexie’s darkly humorous story collection weaves memory, fantasy, and stark reality to powerfully evoke life on the Spokane Indian Reservation. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The twenty-four linked tales in Alexie’s debut collection—an instant classic—paint an unforgettable portrait of life on and around the Spokane Indian Reservation, a place where “Survival = Anger x Imagination,” where HUD houses and generations of privation intertwine with history, passion, and myth.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e We follow Thomas Builds-the-Fire, the longwinded storyteller no one really listens to; his half-hearted nemesis, Victor, the basketball star turned recovering alcoholic; and a wide cast of other vividly drawn characters on a haunting journey filled with humor and sorrow, resilience and resignation, dreams and reality. Alexie’s unadulterated honesty and boundless compassion come together in a poetic vision of a world in which the gaps between past and present are not really gaps after all.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The basis for the acclaimed 1998 feature film \u003ci\u003eSmoke Signals\u003c\/i\u003e,the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e noted, “\u003ci\u003eThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e . . . is for the American Indian what Richard Wright’s \u003ci\u003eNative Son\u003c\/i\u003e was for the black American in 1940.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The collection received a Special Citation for the PEN\/Hemingway Award for Best First Fiction.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This ebook edition features a new prologue from the author, as well as an illustrated biography and rare photos from Sherman Alexie’s personal collection.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125509538032,"sku":"9781480457164","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480457164_p0.jpg?v=1769894096","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480457164","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}