TOMMY ORANGE is a recent graduate from the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He is a 2014 MacDowell Fellow, and a 2016 Writing by Writers Fellow. He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was born and raised in Oakland, California, and currently lives in Angels Camp, California.
“Bravura… There There has so much jangling energy and brings so
much news from a distinct corner of American life that it’s a
revelation… its appearance marks the passing of a generational
baton.”
—Dwight Garner, The New York Times
“Sweeping and subtle…pure soaring beauty.”
—Colm Toibin, The New York Times
“A rush of intensity and fervor… Bursting with talent and big
ideas… Funny and profane and conscious of the violence that runs
like a scar through American culture.”
—Jeff Baker, The Seattle Times
"A new kind of American epic... one that reflects his
ambivalence and the complexity of [Orange's] upbringing."
—Alexandra Alter, The New York Times
"Masterful. White-hot. A devastating debut novel."
—Ron Charles, The Washington Post
"A gripping deep dive into urban indigenous community in
California: an astonishing literary debut!"
—Margaret Atwood, via Twitter
“Welcome to a brilliant and generous artist who has already
enlarged the landscape of American Fiction. THERE THERE is a
comic vision haunted by profound sadness. Tommy Orange is a
new writer with an old heart.”
—Louise Erdrich, Birchbark Books
“THERE THERE drops on us like a thunderclap; the big, booming,
explosive sound of 21st century literature finally announcing
itself. Essential.”
—Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings
“There There is a miraculous achievement, a book that wields
ferocious honesty and originality in service of telling a story
that needs to be told. This is a novel about what it means to
inhabit a land both yours and stolen from you, to simultaneously
contend with the weight of belonging and unbelonging. There is an
organic power to this book – a revelatory, controlled chaos. Tommy
Orange writes the way a storm makes landfall.”
—Omar El Akkad, author of American War
“There There is an urgent, invigorating, absolutely vital book
by a novelist with more raw virtuosic talent than any young writer
I've come across in a long, long time. Maybe ever. Tommy Orange is
a stylist with substance, a showboater with a deeply moral compass.
I want to call him heir to Gertrude Stein by way of George
Saunders, but he is even more original than that. This book will
make your heart swell.”
—Claire Vaye Watkins
"This is Tommy Orange. Remember his name. His book's gonna blow the
roof off."
—Pam Houston
"A symphonic debut...Engrossing... There There introduces an
exciting voice."
—Booklist (starred review)
"Commanding...The propulsion of both the overall narrative and its
players are breathtaking as Orange unpacks how decisions of the
past mold the present, resulting in a haunting and gripping
story."
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Visceral... A chronicle of domestic violence, alcoholism,
addiction, and pain, the book reveals the perseverance and spirit
of the characters... Unflinching candor... Highly recommended."
—Library Journal (starred review)
"Kaleidoscopic... In this vivid and moving book, Orange articulates
the challenges and complexities not only of Native Americans, but
also of America itself."
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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