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There There by Tommy Orange
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A wondrous and shattering award-winning novel that follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize.A contemporary classic, this "astonishing literary debut" (Margaret Atwood, bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale) "places Native American voices front and center" (NPR/Fresh Air).
One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendene, pulling his life together after his uncle's death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen-year-old Orvil, coming to perform traditional dance for the very first time. They converge and collide on one fateful day at the Big Oakland Powwow and together this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American--grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism
A book with "so much jangling energy and brings so much news from a distinct corner of American life that it's a revelation" (The New York Times). It is fierce, funny, suspenseful, and impossible to put down--full of poetry and rage, exploding onto the page with urgency and force. There There is at once poignant and unflinching, utterly contemporary and truly unforgettable.
Don't miss Tommy Orange's new book, Wandering Stars!
Tommy Orange is a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts' MFA program. He was born and raised in Oakland, California, and is a member of the Oklahoma Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780525633013 |
| ISBN 10 | 0525633014 |
| Title | There There |
| Author | Tommy Orange |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Diversified Publishing |
| Year published | 2018-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Prizes | Winner of Anisfield-Wolf Book Award 2019, Winner of Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2018 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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