--- product_id: 61456658 title: "Flight" brand: "sherman alexie" price: "€ 22.62" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 category: "Books" url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/61456658-flight store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Flight **Brand:** sherman alexie **Price:** € 22.62 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Flight by sherman alexie - **How much does it cost?** € 22.62 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/61456658-flight) ## Best For - sherman alexie enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted sherman alexie brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Review "Mr. Alexie manages to move effortlessly in and out of centuries like a person moving between waking and sleep... Right up to the novel's final sentence, Mr. Alexie succeeds yet again with his ability to pierce to the heart of matters, leaving this reader with tears in her eyes" (New York Times)"A funny, irreverent, sardonic but sentimental, rebellious voice set beside his elder...contemporaries...Alexie is the bad boy among them, mocking, self-mocking, unpredictable, unassimilable, reminding us of the young Philip Roth" (Joyce Carol Oates New York Review of Books) Synopsis "Flight" follows this troubled foster teenager - a boy who is not a 'legal' Indian because he was never claimed by his father - as he learns that violence is not the answer. The journey for "Flight"'s young hero begins as he's about to commit a massive act of violence. At the moment of the decision, he finds himself shot back through time to resurface in the body of an FBI agent during the civil rights era, where he sees why 'Hell is Red River, Idaho, in the 1970s'.Red River is only the first stop in an eye-opening trip through moments in American history. He will continue travelling back to inhabit the body of an Indian child during the battle at Little Bighorn and then ride with an Indian tracker in the nineteenth century before materialising as an airline pilot jetting through the skies today. During these travels through time, his refrain grows: 'Who's to judge'. This novel seeks nothing less than an understanding of why human beings hate. "Flight" is irrepressible and fearless placing Sherman Alexie at his most brilliant. About the Author Sherman Alexie is the author of Reservation Blues, Indian Killer, The Toughest Indian in the World, and Ten Little Indians. He wrote and directed The Business of Fancy-dancing and also wrote the award-winning screenplay for Smoke Signals, a film based on his short-story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. He has been nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the American Book Award. ## Images ![Flight - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41l8oz03DLL.jpg) ![Flight - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Z7SR9CPIL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Intelligent, heartfelt and moving *by A***E on 3 February 2009* A young teenage half-Indian, handed from one foster home to the next, involuntarily slips into the bodies of people in the past. What ensues is a journey through challenges to his and our views of what is right and what is wrong, wrapped up in unique settings and Native American history (at least for a European reader such as myself).Alexie keeps his story right in balance - it never becomes a sermon, it never becomes moralistic, and the time-travelling into other people's bodies never becomes corny. The book is very short, probably for this very reason, but it pulled me right in.The writing in the protagonist's voice cuts right to the core of his experiences, sometimes shockingly so (he is, after all, scarred by his abusive past). But this is a smart teenage boy, and as he reflects on the experiences of those people he temporarily "inhabits", he grows as a human being.Just as a warning: if you're expecting to have your romantic notions about Native Americans met, don't read this book. Reality is more beautiful, and more challenging than that.To others, I wholeheartedly recommend this book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spotty lad fights back *by E***L on 29 June 2008* This is a book that takes off at a run and spins you along in its wake. I don't think it's a book for everyone - it got some quite mixed reviews - but I thought it was exceptional: witty, intense, fast-paced, and extremely thoughtful, with some very dark humour (the t-shirt saying, 'Fighting terrorism since 1492').It starts with a teenaged boy - an angry, anti-social, abused teenaged boy - examining his acne in the mirror in yet another foster home. He's so spotty that he calls himself Zits: we only find out his real name at the very end of the book. His mother died when he was a young child and his Native American father never acknowledged him. He's been passed from pillar to post for a decade. He's a runaway, an arsonist, a spanner in the works. A few pages along, and he's about to commit mass murder in the lobby of a bank.And then... he starts time travelling. First stop, an Indian reservation in the mid 1970s; second stop, Custer's Last Stand; third stop... and so it goes. Each time, he's in the head of one of the characters: he's an FBI man, an Indian child, a flying instructor and various others.From all of this he learns about betrayal and revenge and, oddly enough, forgiveness. You might read this book and say the ending is just too neat to be credible, but it moved me and gripped me to the very last word. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Slightly disappointing only in that it could have been longer ... *by W***T on 31 May 2016* Slightly disappointing only in that it could have been longer and gone into more depth, but nevertheless an entertaining and enlightening read --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/61456658-flight](https://www.desertcart.be/products/61456658-flight) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-05-01*