The Toughest Indian in the World
 

The Toughest Indian in the World

by Sherman Alexie

Call Sherman Alexie any number of things--novelist, poet, filmmaker, thorn in the side of white liberalism--just don't call him "universal." Aside from his well-documented distaste for the word, its fuzziness misses the point. The Toughest Indian in the World, Alexie's second collection, succeeds as brilliantly as it does because of its particularity. These aren't stories about the... (read more)

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I enjoyed this collection of short stories, though I caution first time readers of Sherman Alexie that his language and some situations are quite adult. I admire the way the author is able to create flawed but sympathetic characters. All the stories feature Native Americans, but their struggles with relationships don't always depend completely on that fact. Alexie is a wise, challenging and sometimes very funny writer.

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