Flight
- Author Sherman Alexie
- Narrator Adam Beach
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 1 September 2008
- Run Time 4 hours and 41 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Fantasy, Fiction: general and literary.
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What to expect
From the New York Times bestselling author of multiple award-winning books comes this powerful, fast, and timely story of a troubled foster teenager—a boy who is not a “legal” Indian because he was never claimed by his father—who learns the true meaning of terror.
About to commit a devastating act, young “Zits” finds himself shot back through time on a shocking sojourn through moments of violence in American history. He resurfaces in the form of an FBI agent during the civil rights era, inhabits the body of an Indian child during the battle at Little Big Horn, and then rides with an Indian tracker in the nineteenth-century before materializing as an airline pilot jetting through the skies today. When finally, blessedly, our young warrior comes to rest again in his own contemporary body, he is mightily transformed by all he has seen.
This is Sherman Alexie at his most brilliant, making us laugh while breaking our hearts. Simultaneously wrenching and deeply humorous, wholly contemporary yet steeped in American history, Flight is irrepressible, fearless, and again, groundbreaking Alexie.
Critics Review
u201cRight up to the novelu2019s final sentence, Mr. Alexie succeeds yet again with his ability to pierce to the heart of matters.u201d
u201cThe quest for revenge becomes a lesson in empathyu2026Self-mocking without being self-effacing, he seduces us with attitude that seems especially geared to teenage readers.u201d
u201cAdam Beachu2019s narration is spot-on for a back-talking, unsure, acerbic, wounded teen trying to learn about hate and loveu2026Itu2019s a moving, gripping, engaging, and funny journey.u201d
u201cReader Adam Beach does a pretty good job capturing Native American cadence through the voice of the adolescent protagonist.u201d
u201cThe captivatingly drawn character of Zits will resonate with teen readers a long time after the last page is turned.u201d
u201cElegantly mixes free-floating young adult cynicism with a charged, idiosyncratic view of American history.u201d
u201cAlexieu2019s concentrated and mesmerizing novelu2026asserts that people of all backgrounds are equally capable of good and evil.u201d
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