There There

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`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`A gripping deep dive into urban indigenous community in California: an astonishing literary debut!`-Margaret Atwood, via Twitter` Welcome to a brilliant & 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` Groundbreaking. Extraordinary. Tommy Orange has written a tense, prismatic book with inexorable momentum.` --Janet Maslin, New York Times`THERE THERE has so much jangling energy & brings so much news from a distinct corner of American life that it`s a revelation.` --Dwight Garner, New York Times` Masterful. White-hot. A devastating debut novel.` Washington Post Jacquie Red Feather & her sister Opal grew up together, relying on each other during their unsettled childhood. As adults they were driven apart, but Jacquie is newly sober & trying to make it back to the family she left behind. That`s why she is there. Dene is there because he has been collecting stories to honour his uncle`s death. Edwin is looking for his true father. Opal came to watch her boy Orvil dance. All of them are connected by bonds they may not yet underst&. All of them are there for the cultural celebration that is the Big Oakland Powwow. But Tony Loneman is also there. & Tony has come to the Powwow with darker intentions.` There There is a propulsive, groundbreaking novel, polyphonic & multigenerational, weaving together an array of contemporary Native American voices into a singularly dynamic & original meta-narrative about violence & recovery, about family & loss, about identity & power.` Derek Palacio