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The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems by Sherman Alexie is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems about?
Poetry. Fiction. Published in 1992, well before Sherman Alexie became well-known as the screenwriter for the film SMOKE SIGNALS, THE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING has now been turned into a film with none other than Alexie himself in his directorial debut. The screenplay for the movie, which recently won the Audience Award at the San Francisco Film Festival, is loosly adapted from this book. Many film-goers will want to visit or revisit the elegaic poems and stories that set the tone for the film itself. "In an age when many 'Native American' writers publish books that prove their ignorance of the real Indian world, Sherman Alexie paints painfully honest visions of our beautiful and brutal lives"—Adrian C. Louis.
Who reads The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Sherman Alexie
- Publisher
- Hanging Loose Press
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781442083158
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories
- Rating
- 4.18 / 5 (1,783 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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