Bøger af Sherman Alexie

An all-new edition of the tragicomic smash hit which stormed the New York Times bestseller charts, now featuring an introduction from Markus Zusak.In his first book for young adults, Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist who leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school. This heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written tale, featuring poignant drawings that reflect the character's art, is based on the author's own experiences. It chronicles contemporary adolescence as seen through the eyes of one Native American boy.'Excellent in every way' Neil GaimanIllustrated in a contemporary cartoon style by Ellen Forney.

The stunningly successful, poignant coming of age story about a boy growing up on an Indian reservation, now in paperback. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie's YA debut, received seven starred reviews, landing on numerous bestseller lists, and winning the 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

Presents a literary memoir of poems, essays, and intimate family photos that reflect on the author's complicated relationship with his mother and his disadvantaged childhood on a Native American reservation.

"Alexie's prose startles and dazzles with unexpected, impossible-to-anticipate moves. These are cultural love stories, and we laugh on every page with a fist tight around our hearts."--"The Boston Globe" "Poetic and unremittingly honest . . . "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" is for the American Indian what Richard Wright's "Native Son" was for the black American in 1940."--"Chicago Tribune" Sherman Alexie's celebrated first collection, " The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven," established its author as one of America's most important and provocative voices. The basis for the award-winning movie "Smoke Signals," it remains one of his best loved and widely praised books twenty years after its initial publication. Vividly weaving memory, fantasy, and stark reality to paint a portrait of life in and around the Spokane Indian reservation, this book introduces some of Alexie's most beloved characters, including Thomas Builds-the-Fire, the storyteller who no one seems to listen to, and his compatriot, Victor, the sports hero who turned into a recovering alcoholic. Now with an updated introduction from Alexie, these twenty-four tales are narrated by characters raised on humiliation and government-issue cheese, and yet they are filled with passion and affection, myth and charm. Against a backdrop of addiction, car accidents, laughter, and basketball, Alexie depicts the distances between men and women, Indians and whites, reservation Indians and urban Indians, and, most poetically, modern Indians and the traditions of the past.

Schullektüren vom Edulit Verlag: das ist der englische Originaltext mit Annotationen, Hintergrundinformationen und begleitenden Reading questions online Arnold Spirit, genannt Junior, lebt im Reservat der Spokane Indianer. Als er 14 ist, erkennt er, dass die Schule im Reservat ihm keine Zukunftschancen bietet. Er beschließt, mehr aus seinem Leben zu machen und wechselt auf eine weiße High School außerhalb des Reservats. Doch Junior hat die Konsequenzen unterschätzt. Seine Freunde im Reservat halten ihn für einen Verräter und an der neuen Schule ist er ein Außenseiter, weil er der einzige Indianer ist. Aber Junior gibt nicht auf und trotzt mit viel Humor und voller Hoffnung allen Widrigkeiten, die ihm begegnen. Dies ist die überaus witzige und gleichzeitig schonungslos realistische Story über einen jungen Native American, der das ihm vorgeschriebene Leben verlässt und dabei ist, seinen eigenen Weg zu finden.  Hintergrundinformationen in der Textausgabe: Indian reservationsSpokane Indians and their reservation Native Americans and poverty Native Americans and alcoholism Anorexia and bulimia  Lehrplanthemen: being different, family, friendship, growing up, identity, Native Americans, racism, USA Geeignet als Schullektüre: ab Jahrgangsstufe 8Zu diesem Roman ist ein umfangreiches Unterrichtspaket beim Edulit Verlag erhältlich. Bestandteile: Einführung: Vorstellung des Romans und der HauptcharaktereUnterrichtsmaterial: praxisorientierte und abwechslungsreiche Unterrichtsvorschläge sowie Ideen für einen digitalen UnterrichtFragen zum Text: offene Verständnisfragen und multiple-choice questionsLeistungsmessung: Reading, Listening, MediationWeiterführung: Zusätzliche Ideen für die Behandlung des Romans

Even as they often make readers laugh, Alexie's stories are driven by a haunting lyricism and naked candor that cut to the heart of the human experience. The result is a short-story collection that has been hailed as Alexie's "best in years" ("Austin American-Statesman").

Dieses Unterrichtsmodell bezieht sich auf folgende Textausgaben: Cornelsen, Bestell-Nr.: 031263 oder Bestell-Nr.: 031264Ein Lehrer im Pyjama, tägliche Schulhofprügeleien, uralte Schulbücher: Mit Wut im Bauch erkennt der 14-jährige Spokane-Indianer Junior, dass ihm die triste Reservatsschule von Wellpinit keine Chancen bietet. Kurz entschlossen wechselt er zur Reardan High School außerhalb des Reservats. Als einziger Indianer unter reichen, weißen Highschoolkids muss sich Junior von nun an in zwei Welten behaupten: In der Welt des Reservats, in der er als Verräter gilt, und in der Welt der weißen Mittelschicht, in der er zunächst als Außenseiter ignoriert wird.Ehrlich und voller Selbstironie berichtet der Erzähler in Sherman Alexies autobiografisch gefärbtem Roman vom Erwachsenwerden und der schwierigen Suche nach Identität. Das Buch gewann in den USA zahlreiche Jugendbuchpreise.Die Lektüre eignet sich für die Jahrgangsstufen 9-12, u.a. in Verbindung mit den Themen The American Dream, Individual and Society, National Identity and Diversity. Dieses Modell liefert einen praxisorientierten Leitfaden zur Behandlung im Englischunterricht.Contents:The characters - Contents - The author - Vorüberlegungen zum Einsatz des Romans im Unterricht - Klausuren - Konzeption des Unterrichtsmodells - Components - Weiterführende MaterialienComponent 1: Pre-reading and exposition (pp. 5-33): Sitting Indian-style - Part I - the exposition of the novelComponent 2: Junior goes to Reardan (pp. 34-52): Consequences of Junior's smashing Mr. P in the face with his book - Mr. P's confession - Internet research - education of the Indians - Go means go - Rowdy sings the blues - the end of a friendship?Component 3: Coping in Reardan (pp. 53-119): How to fight monsters - The rules of fist fighting or David against Goliath - Trying to cope (group work) - Integration at Reardan - Chapters pp. 91-119 (skills training)Component 4: Wins and losses - playing basketball at Reardan (pp. 120-181): Junior plays varsity - Between the games - Junior's perfect gameComponent 5: Death, grief and hope - how Junior copes with the terrible deaths within his family (pp. 146-163, pp. 183-210): Wake - Eugene and Mary: how not to despair - Junior: an incarnation of hope - ReconciliationComponent 6: Post-reading activities: Junior's characterization - How to write a book review - Taboo - More ideas for while-/post-reading activities

In this bestselling winner of the American Book Award, the life of Spokane Indian Thomas Builds-the-Fire irrevocably changes when blues legend Robert Johnson miraculously appears on his reservation and passes the misfit storyteller his enchanted guitar.

A New York Times bestseller—over one million copies sold!   A National Book Award winner A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winnerBestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and black-and-white interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.

The first picture book from National Book Award winner Sherman Alexie, the author of the New York Timesbestseller The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, illustrated by Caldecott Honor illustrator Yuyi Morales.

Robert Johnson, legendary blues man, arrives at the Spokane Reservation looking for relief. So, with Victor Joseph, Junior Polatkin and Chess and Checkers Warm Water, he hits the road, taking their four-and-a-half-chord rock and blues band to reservation bars, small town taverns, and the urban landscapes of Seattle and Manhattan.

Flight follows this troubled foster teenager - a boy who is not a 'legal' Indian because he was never claimed by his father - as he learns that violence is not the answer. The journey for Flight's young hero begins as he's about to commit a massive act of violence.

The ultimate collection from the most famous Native American fiction writer. Fifteen new stories and fifteen selected favourites from Alexie's acclaimed collections, beginning with his groundbreaking debut, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

Ball games, cars, and romances: the icons and battlefields of modern life. In twenty-two linked stories, with infinite humour and pathos, Sherman Alexie explores some of the major issues of our time: the pull between the urban and the rural, the future and the past;

This is a collection of eleven poignant and emotionally resonant stories about Native Americans who find themselves at personal and cultural crossroads.