A searing and potent debut, following a multigenerational cast of characters destined to meet violence in their hometown. A novel about contemporary America from a bold new Native American voice.
Tommy Orange is faculty at the Institute of American Indian Arts MFA program. An enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, he was born and raised in Oakland, California. Orange's debut novel, There There, was a New York Times bestseller, a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize, and received the 2019 American Book Award. Wandering Stars is his second book.
How do you rewrite the story of a people? This question shapes
Tommy Orange’s sorrowful, beautiful debut novel . . . There There
itself is a kind of dance. Even in its tragic details, it is
lyrical and playful, shaking and shimmering with energy. The novel
dips into the tiniest personal details and sweeps across history.
Orange creates beauty out of tragedy.
*Guardian*
[A] bold and engrossing debut… [Orange] has got under his
characters’ skins, allowing them to speak for themselves… This is a
powerful novel of pain and possibility
*Financial Times*
A magnificent achievement… Orange has created a remarkable work,
and I have little doubt that he will be ranked in the pantheon of
21st century American novelists
*Scotland on Sunday*
It is optimism that lingers after finishing the book. Fragile and
flawed though this hope might be, it remains moving and powerful,
just like the rest of Orange’s impressive achievement
*Observer*
Compelling and affecting… It’s a searing, haunting read – all the
way to its violent, intense climax
*Mail on Sunday*
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