Sherman Alexie, 25 kitap yayımlayan romancı, kısa hikaye yazarı, şair ve film yapımcısı. Wapin, Wellpinit'teki Spokane Indian Reservation'da doğan Alexie, Yerli Milliyetçiliği edebiyatının birçok kabileden atalarıyla ilgili deneyimlerine dayanan önemli bir katkıda bulunmuştur.
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Kitabımı aldım ve açtım. Kokusunu almak istedim. Kahretsin, onu öpmek istedim. Evet, öp. Bu doğru, ben bir kitap öpücüğüyüm. Belki bu biraz sapkın ya da belki sadece romantik ve çok zeki...
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Her insan doğuştan şanslı olmayabilir. Bazı insanlar kendi şanslarını kendileri yaratırlar. İnanç, mücadele, azim, dostluk, sevgi... Farklı olmak, farkındalık yaratmak, farklı olabilmek... Bir azmin zaferi öyküsü...
5/5 Stars (%90/100)
This was my first book by Sherman Alexie and I absolutely loved it. It was very different than what I used to read. I was, and still am, more interested in reading fantasy/sci-fi novels so this was quite a journey. The culture and history of the Native-American people are depicted perfectly. I was not very familiar with them as I only knew some myths and legends. I am really glad my professor made us read this book. (Actually we read only one short story from this book but since I really liked that, I decided to check the whole book.)
The short story that we read was called "A Drug Called Tradition." This is definitely my favourite story from the book. Thomas-Builds-the-Fire is a brilliant character in my opinion and he made me love the story even more. The story mostly deals with the idea of storytelling. Storytelling and oral culture is still extremely important in Indian culture. Thomas also reminds me of Junior in The Absolutely True.
Overall, it is a great book. After this one, I've read two more books by Alexie and loved those as well. He is definitely one of my favourite writers now. Simply genius.
4/5 Stars (%82/100)
A beautiful story about a young half-Indian boy with some sci-fi elements.
The story revolves around an Indian-Irish boy named Zits. Zits get into trouble all the time since he is orphaned. One day he meets a very wise white kid named Justice and decides to channel his anger, fear, violence, and all those hidden emotions into a shooting. At that moment he is transferred back in time. This happens five times in the story. All of these past memories teach him that violence is not always the answer. Even a lonely and angry Indian boy like him could find happiness.
I LOVED the book. Alexie's humorous yet poetic language is very fun to read. The book is full of tragic events and even I find myself teary-eyed at some point. Definitely a beautiful book with great characters. You could finish it in one sitting like me.
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