There There

A Novel

De: Tommy Orange

Narrado por: Darrell Dennis, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Alma Cuervo, Kyla Garcia

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.

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Too sad for me right now

Had to stop halfway through. It's a brilliant book and perfectly narrated but I need less bleak lit right now.

Took a while to get going

tragically true. though the story took a while to start, the ending was a true peak.

Ending feels contrived

I feel like the author has watched too many video games, and maybe forgot to count — I’ll avoid saying more to avoid giving things away — but as a result, the ending just doesn’t work for me. It also feels unresolved/unfinished, like he got tired of writing. Up until then, I thought the book was great, with insights into a different culture and a story that was taking shape and moving along.

almost a five star book

I would have given it five stars but so much was left unresolved. I know that isn't mandatory, but I still wanted it and it's my review.

Great stories

The ending was frustrating, but I loved how all of these stories weaved together. This book made me reflect on a lot of things in my own life, I savored every chapter.

Overrated

Not sure why the many rave reviews. Nor did I think it added anything new to my understanding of a very dark legacy of this country’s sad history of mistreatment of and prejudice against those without 100% Anglo Saxon blood in their veins.

There There

So many important stories delivered so well, so thoughtfully, by author and performers alike. A gorgeous rendering of an urgently needed and achingly strong novel.

Compelling and vivid

This book is phenomenal. I lived the multiple perspectives and the strong voice. I will be looking at anything else thus author creates, as well as listening to this one again soon!

Powerful Vivid Writing

It's a book with flaws. But what book doesn't. I wish we could have gotten to know the characters better. But the parts we did get to know are so well written. What is it like to grow up as a Native American in a 2018 urban environment? I wish the book had ended differently but that is the author's story.
The narration with different voices is excellent. The story is a bit choppy but the writing is just so good, so many well done detail that I have left this book wanting MORE! I was truly sorry when it ended. Not long enough.

Great story

Very well written and enlightening. Sometimes emotional but worth it. I highly recommend this book to everyone.