The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by: Sherman Alexie (230 pages)
Heart-warming, heartbreaking, and at times laugh out loud funny, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a novel told in diary form but with the feel of a standard novel with dialogue. The text is interspersed with drawings and doodles supposedly created by the main character, Junior, a boy who lives on the Spokane Indian Reserve who decides that he wants to go to school off-reserve because he believes that is his only chance for success. He recounts his experiences, told as if they were hilarious, when in reality they are tragic. Even more tragic events are told more sensitively but would be unbearable without the mixture of humour and resilience that Junior needs for survival. In amongst the text are illustrations, sometimes sketches, and sometimes cartoons, that add another dimension to the story, helping develop Junior’s personality and telling more than the words on the paper possible could.
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by: Sherman Alexie (230 pages)
Heart-warming, heartbreaking, and at times laugh out loud funny, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a novel told in diary form but with the feel of a standard novel with dialogue. The text is interspersed with drawings and doodles supposedly created by the main character, Junior, a boy who lives on the Spokane Indian Reserve who decides that he wants to go to school off-reserve because he believes that is his only chance for success. He recounts his experiences, told as if they were hilarious, when in reality they are tragic. Even more tragic events are told more sensitively but would be unbearable without the mixture of humour and resilience that Junior needs for survival. In amongst the text are illustrations, sometimes sketches, and sometimes cartoons, that add another dimension to the story, helping develop Junior’s personality and telling more than the words on the paper possible could.
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