Reservation Blues

Name: Reservation Blues
Author: Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie (1995)

“A blues guitar with the devil's fingerprints arrives on the Spokane Indian Reservation, and three men form a band that plays the soundtrack to five hundred years of loss.”

EraContemporary / Postcolonial

Pages306

Difficulty★★★☆☆ Challenging

AP Appearances2

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