The Favorite edition by Justin L Blessinger Literature Fiction eBooks
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Far north in a corner of a Montana reservation, Vandall makes plans to pop the question to his girlfriend, but soon finds himself trapped and desperate. A creepy discovery in an old well changes his life's trajectory.
The Favorite edition by Justin L Blessinger Literature Fiction eBooks
Since I am a car guy, I found my interest immediately captured by a photo of the remains of a 1970’s Chevy pickup truck on the cover of “The Favorite,” by Justin L. Blessinger. After a reading the compelling novella, I grasped the significance of the cover – it shows the remains of something that was once an object of great value and promise.The book can be read as two differing stories. First, it is a portrait of a young man of Lakota Sioux heritage who lives on a reservation in Wolf Point, Montana. This central character is named Vandall (the local BIA cop calls him “Vandalism”). He had enrolled in a university, and, although he was smart enough, he found that higher education was not for him. He is at a crossroads in his life as he intends to propose to the woman who is the mother of his unborn child. The story tracks several problems he has, and it is interesting to follow.
And the novella is funny. Vandall works at the register at a Ben Franklin store that sells trinkets that attract pretentious, patronizing tourists. A typical customer had purchased replicas of “authentic” Indian culture, and she was about to leave. She put her hand on him and said, “I bet it’s hard to run the white man’s cash register.”
Vandall put her in her place when he replied with a lie: “I’m Taiwanese-Irish.”
When Vandall needed to borrow something in the middle of the night, he carefully considered which of his friends or relatives he should ask: “He ran through the list of people who wouldn’t shoot through the door at him if he knocked at this hour.”
“The Favorite” contains semi-serious references to elements of an American Indian culture. For example, Iktomi is a Lakota Sioux spider-trickster spirit. When Vandall is in a predicament, he spots a nearby spider he suspects has caused his problems, and he yells, “Iktomi, you little bastard.”
On a second level, the book is intriguingly suggestive. It certainly is not a heavy-handed allegory – on the contrary, it is a very straightforward, simple story. However, there are hints, suggestions, and allusions that indicate that there just might be more to this novella than the surface narrative. For example, Vandall finds bones belonging to a very small child (probably an unborn child). Twice when he views those tiny bones, he thinks of his own child still growing in the mother’s body. His reverent treatment of the bones suggests an affirmation of the sacredness of life.
As Vandall sadly views the bones, he calls them “Yorick.” The name is from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” a play that invites pondering the meaning of death and weighs the problems and duties of life.
“The Favorite” is a page-turner, and it draws portraits of things that were once of great value and promise that are now in some disarray – like the remains of the pickup on the cover. One portrait is of a noble, full-featured culture, and the other portrait is a close-up of an uncertain young life. Both portraits are well worth perusing.
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This novella was written by the best man at my wedding, so there is probably some bias at work here. But this is a story that glimpses a part of the American experience--reservation life--that few of us see outside of occasional vacations and the odd Sherman Alexie novel. It's told with humor and grace, and I'm terribly proud that the author is a friend of mine.
I picked up The Favorite not knowing what to think. I was surprised at how often I laughed - humer that sneaks up and catches the reader by surprise. As one born in 1973 and raised in the midwest there was much that took me back to my teens and early twenties - snipe hunts, abandoned farm yards, Jerry Springer and MacGuyver references and small town rumors. And yet in between all of that is tremendous insight into reservation life in Montana. A great story.
Since I am a car guy, I found my interest immediately captured by a photo of the remains of a 1970’s Chevy pickup truck on the cover of “The Favorite,” by Justin L. Blessinger. After a reading the compelling novella, I grasped the significance of the cover – it shows the remains of something that was once an object of great value and promise.
The book can be read as two differing stories. First, it is a portrait of a young man of Lakota Sioux heritage who lives on a reservation in Wolf Point, Montana. This central character is named Vandall (the local BIA cop calls him “Vandalism”). He had enrolled in a university, and, although he was smart enough, he found that higher education was not for him. He is at a crossroads in his life as he intends to propose to the woman who is the mother of his unborn child. The story tracks several problems he has, and it is interesting to follow.
And the novella is funny. Vandall works at the register at a Ben Franklin store that sells trinkets that attract pretentious, patronizing tourists. A typical customer had purchased replicas of “authentic” Indian culture, and she was about to leave. She put her hand on him and said, “I bet it’s hard to run the white man’s cash register.”
Vandall put her in her place when he replied with a lie “I’m Taiwanese-Irish.”
When Vandall needed to borrow something in the middle of the night, he carefully considered which of his friends or relatives he should ask “He ran through the list of people who wouldn’t shoot through the door at him if he knocked at this hour.”
“The Favorite” contains semi-serious references to elements of an American Indian culture. For example, Iktomi is a Lakota Sioux spider-trickster spirit. When Vandall is in a predicament, he spots a nearby spider he suspects has caused his problems, and he yells, “Iktomi, you little bastard.”
On a second level, the book is intriguingly suggestive. It certainly is not a heavy-handed allegory – on the contrary, it is a very straightforward, simple story. However, there are hints, suggestions, and allusions that indicate that there just might be more to this novella than the surface narrative. For example, Vandall finds bones belonging to a very small child (probably an unborn child). Twice when he views those tiny bones, he thinks of his own child still growing in the mother’s body. His reverent treatment of the bones suggests an affirmation of the sacredness of life.
As Vandall sadly views the bones, he calls them “Yorick.” The name is from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” a play that invites pondering the meaning of death and weighs the problems and duties of life.
“The Favorite” is a page-turner, and it draws portraits of things that were once of great value and promise that are now in some disarray – like the remains of the pickup on the cover. One portrait is of a noble, full-featured culture, and the other portrait is a close-up of an uncertain young life. Both portraits are well worth perusing.
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