One of the 20th century's master prose stylists, Vladimir Nabokov was born in St. Speak, Memory, first published in 1951 as Conclusive Evidence and then assiduously revised in 1966, is an elegant and rich evocation of Nabokov’s life and times, even as it offers incisive insights into his major works, including Lolita, Pnin, Despair, The Gift, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, and The Luhzin Defense. A newer edition may be found here.įrom one of the 20th century's great writers comes one of the finest autobiographies of our time. Hilarious but poignant, filled with enchantments yet dead-on accurate with regard to modern Indian life, this tour de force will leave readers wondering if Alexie himself hasn't made a deal with the Gentleman in order to do everything so well.This is an older alternate cover edition for ISBN 0141183225/ 9780141183220. Will they succeed and, if they do, will they lose their souls? Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur D'Alene Indian, excels at creating colorful characters, and he fills his narrative with subtle and affectionate homages to other contemporary Native American writers (Jim Northrup, Thomas King et al.). They even attract their own groupies-white women Betty and Veronica and Indian sisters Chess and Checkers Warm Water. The group, Coyote Springs, plays small clubs and bars and eventually goes on tour. Taking the instrument off his hands, Thomas soon forms an all-Indian R&B band with Victor and Junior. Now he's trying to lose guitar, devil and deal. A stranger arrives on the reservation carrying a magic guitar, which he's been given as part of his bargain with ``the Gentleman'' for blues immortality. The characters of Alexie's acclaimed short fiction (The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven)-Thomas Builds-the-Fire, Victor, Junior, the habitues of the Spokane Indian reservation-return in this superb first novel, a lyric comic tale with magical realist overtones.
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