I picked up the 20th anniversary edition of this book and it had a really nice prologue where Sherman Alexie describes how his stories reflect his life and how he started as a writer. It gave me a little history behind the story that I think will help with my understanding of the chapters.
The first chapter centers on a young boy living on a reservation trying to go to sleep while there's a party going on upstairs. Alexie equates the party to a hurricane and severe weather. He goes on, through the thoughts of the character, to explain how life has it highs and lows and it's bad weather and good weather. He equates the bad parts of his life with storms and rain.
I like the style of writing right away and am looking forward to reading more.
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