Reservation Blues
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Reservation Blues is a novel by Sherman Alexie that blends magical realism and contemporary Native American life through the story of a Spokane Indian rock band.
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| Reservation Blues canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reservation Blues Context triple: [Sherman Alexie, notableWork, Reservation Blues]
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A.
Blues for Mister Charlie
Blues for Mister Charlie is a 1964 stage play by James Baldwin that confronts racism and injustice in the American South, loosely inspired by the murder of Emmett Till.
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B.
Story of the Blues
"Story of the Blues" is a song by English band After Hours, known for its emotive reflection on hardship and resilience in the blues tradition.
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C.
Tishomingo Blues
Tishomingo Blues is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that blends Southern noir, Dixieland jazz, and dark humor in a story of a high-diver entangled with the Dixie Mafia and Civil War reenactors.
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D.
Beale Street Blues
"Beale Street Blues" is a classic early 20th-century American blues song that helped popularize the genre and is closely associated with the musical culture of Memphis, Tennessee.
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E.
Biloxi Blues
Biloxi Blues is a semi-autobiographical stage play by Neil Simon, later adapted into a film, that follows a young Jewish recruit’s coming-of-age experiences during World War II army basic training.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reservation Blues Target entity description: Reservation Blues is a novel by Sherman Alexie that blends magical realism and contemporary Native American life through the story of a Spokane Indian rock band.
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A.
Blues for Mister Charlie
Blues for Mister Charlie is a 1964 stage play by James Baldwin that confronts racism and injustice in the American South, loosely inspired by the murder of Emmett Till.
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B.
Story of the Blues
"Story of the Blues" is a song by English band After Hours, known for its emotive reflection on hardship and resilience in the blues tradition.
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C.
Tishomingo Blues
Tishomingo Blues is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that blends Southern noir, Dixieland jazz, and dark humor in a story of a high-diver entangled with the Dixie Mafia and Civil War reenactors.
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D.
Beale Street Blues
"Beale Street Blues" is a classic early 20th-century American blues song that helped popularize the genre and is closely associated with the musical culture of Memphis, Tennessee.
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E.
Biloxi Blues
Biloxi Blues is a semi-autobiographical stage play by Neil Simon, later adapted into a film, that follows a young Jewish recruit’s coming-of-age experiences during World War II army basic training.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Sherman Alexie ⓘ |
| awarded | American Book Award ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1996 American Book Award ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverArtist | Chip Kidd ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| explores |
role of art and music in survival
ⓘ
tension between reservation life and mainstream America ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Robert Johnson ⓘ |
| featuresEthnicGroup | Spokane Indians ⓘ |
| followsGroup | Spokane Indian rock band ⓘ |
| genre |
Native American literature
ⓘ
contemporary fiction ⓘ magical realism ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptations (various productions) ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
colonialism and its legacy
ⓘ
contemporary Native American life ⓘ cultural identity ⓘ friendship and community ⓘ music and spirituality ⓘ myth and modernity ⓘ poverty and marginalization ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Native American studies curricula
ⓘ
contemporary American literature courses ⓘ |
| incorporatesElement |
Native American oral tradition
ⓘ
magical guitar ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-0-8021-3286-3 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Checkers Warm Water
ⓘ
Chess Warm Water ⓘ Junior Polatkin ⓘ Thomas Builds-the-Fire ⓘ Victor Joseph ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalPublisher |
Atlantic Monthly Press
ⓘ
linked to:
The Atlantic Monthly Press
|
| pageCount | approximately 306 pages ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Spokane Reservation stories by Sherman Alexie ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| publisherImprint |
Grove/Atlantic
ⓘ
linked to:
Grove Press
|
| setIn |
Spokane Indian Reservation
ⓘ
linked to:
Spokane Indian Reservation (partly)
Washington State ⓘ
linked to:
Washington State, United States
|
| sharesCharactersWith |
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
ⓘ
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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