In 1931, Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil, receiving legendary blues skills in return. He recorded only 29 songs before he was murdered in 1938. In 1992, Johnson appears on the Spokane Indian Reservation and meets Thomas Builds-the-Fire, the storyteller of the Tribe. So begins the mythic tale of Coyote Springs, an all-Indian Catholic rock'n'roll band.
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In 1931, Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil, receiving legendary blues skills in return. He recorded only 29 songs before he was murdered in 1938. In 1992, Johnson appears on the Spokane Indian Reservation and meets Thomas Builds-the-Fire, the storyteller of the Tribe. So begins the mythic tale of Coyote Springs, an all-Indian Catholic rock'n'roll band.
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Interesting book, enjoyed reading about the reservations.
Douglas B
Jan 26, 2014
Alive
Alexie makes reservation life come alive to you when you read the clear, cleaver presentation of characters you can relate to, he is a wonderful writer.
Ellyb
Aug 27, 2009
Sherman Alexie delights in magical realism. Burning guitars, old ageless women who teach rock stars their musical craft at the top of her mountain, and tangible shadows that take the shape of horses are just a few manifestations of the mechanism by which Alexie conveys what it is to be an Indian in modern America. He tells his story of an all-Indian blues band with humorous anger, so while the read is enjoyable, you come away with a sadness in your gut. The characters face down the burdens of their childhood, the burdens of who they are in the present, and the burdens of what they desperately want for their future.
Most of all, the novel shines a glaring light on the relationship between white America and the America on the reservation. It isn't pretty. Maybe a lot has changed, but simultaneously nothing has.
Alexie's prose is extremely readable without ever being facile. It slides through your consciousness but instead of coming out the other end, it sticks in there somewhere, and you realize you've been reading something pretty important. What a great writer.
