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- Dimensions
- 5.14 x 0.66 x 7.98 in
- Weight
- 2.31 lb
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Publication date
- May 7, 2019
- Edition
- Reprint
- Language
- English
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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! Read more
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| Publisher | Vintage |
|---|---|
| Publication date | May 7, 2019 |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 304 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0525436146 |
| ISBN-13 | 40 |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.14 x 0.66 x 7.98 inches |
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Powerful, innovative, and captivating
Format: Kindle
I heard an interview with Tommy Orange and he was so thoughtful and intelligent... he had a deeply human way of talking about things and making connections that welcomed the listener into the conversation. The minute I got home, I bought There There and dove into the world he had captured and the people he created to bring that world to life. It’s a phenomenal book. On top of a riveting story and characters that you invest in deeply, the story itself is so well-constructed, so intimately and carefully layered, that when you get to the end, you know you have just experienced a true work of art. I recently went to a arts conference up at Western Washington University in Bellingham and an elder from the Lummi Nation was speaking about language and placenames. I have always considered myself a local. I was born here. I am invested in this town and in the surrounding land. It means something to me, very dear and very real. But listening to him, it dawned on me (duh) that I am a colonist. Maybe an accidental colonist, but still. When I’ve talked to others about it, I’ve been met with hostility and racism and ignorance. People denigrating and undermining what the Lummi people went through, minimizing their value so as to make it okay that we non-Natives are here and the reservation is small. Finally, I could hear it for myself. The language and reasoning of colonization - the mindset of takers who don’t want to feel bad for taking. We were raised in a community that looks down on the people who actually belong here... which is such a sick and backward and unhealthy way to think and act. It’s been strange to see myself that way, as a colonist. But once I realized that we’re no different than the Boers of South Africa or the non-natives of New Zealand and Australia and Hawaii and Fiji and... I mean... this is a bloody and unhealthy legacy. And then this book comes at that issue from the other side. I needed to hear this. I needed to read this. And I think we need to reorganize how we teach history and culture. Not once did I learn anything about the Lummi Nation in school. Not once did a teacher explain to me that Whatcom - the name of our lake and creek - meant “the sound of water going over stones.” I would’ve liked to have known those things. I think it would’ve connected me in a deeper way to the place where I live, but also it would’ve given every single kid in that classroom the message that the people who were here first are important, are still here, and are a key part of our history. Instead, we learned about the colonists. The loggers and mill owners. The early settlers. And the message was clear, even by third grade: We were the winners. They were the losers. And that’s a messed up message to send. But you can hear it in the way people talk in my town. They don’t see the Lummi Nation as survivors, as people who maintained their culture and their language and who thrived against all odds. They don’t see themselves as the beneficiaries of their colonist ancestors. They live in a fantasy. And, from what I can tell, when you’re living in a fantasy, you can’t accurately solve things in the real world. I think this book will help wake people up. Natives and non-Natives alike. It’s also a fantastic book and stands on its own merit as an amazing piece of writing.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2018 by AnitaPeron
A Different Kind of Story That Pulled Me In
Format: Paperback
I picked this up on a recommendation and didn’t know much going in, but I ended up really liking it. The writing style is different—kind of jumps around between characters—but once I got used to it, I was into the rhythm of it. There are a lot of voices in the book, and it took me a little while to keep track of who was who, but it all starts to come together in a way that makes sense by the end. Some parts felt heavier than others, but that made the lighter moments stand out more. Not something I’d normally pick up, but I’m glad I gave it a shot. It had something to say, and it said it well without trying too hard.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2025 by Mike
DROP EVERYTHING AND READ THIS POWERFUL NOVEL
Format: Paperback
Y’all. This book. It packs a punch like no other, and I was captivated by it as the stories began to intertwine and come to a head, to one final moment that brings the characters all together in this gripping tale transcending multiple generations. Gripping is an understatement… when all was said and done, and the novel stopped, I felt myself continue to lurch forward with momentum. I don’t think I can express how deep and beautiful this novel is. I can’t do it justice. But let me back up. Tommy Orange’s novel is difficult to start. When I first began listening via audiobook, I thought I was going to hate it. It didn’t make sense to me. The prologue, which is part of the novel and should be read, begins with a candid retelling of history as North Americans know it–laying bare what the history books don’t teach us, shedding light on the part of history that we’d like to forget and sweep under a rug, never to be seen again. I thought to myself, “is this novel a history lesson?”. No. But yes. Though fictitious, it has many truths, and the experiences of many of these characters are unfortunately all too real. Because those affected by our nation’s bloody history in the past are still affected by it in our present, which Orange makes explicitly clear as his novel commences with the first story from our twelve narrators, Tony Loneman. Truth be told, the first story, Tony’s story, was not how I’d start this novel. I found it a bit dry, and I wasn’t sure where Orange was going with the novel. Then the second narrator took over, and I didn’t see any obvious connections, and I was wondering, “is this novel just a grouping of short stories?”. The stories were just there, and they didn’t entice me. They were just unhitched stories. But as I continued, I began to see the connections methodically woven between the characters, all of which is leading us, the narrators and the reader, to one final moment at the powwow; all of these twelve characters are perfectly interconnected, though they don’t know it as of yet. And as they continue their stories, adding to what we already know, and beginning to converge on Oakland’s Coliseum, the novel takes hold, creating feelings of intense foreboding through Orange’s employ of dramatic irony. The interlude, from which I quoted a particularly stunning section above, floored me, and it was then that I knew, without a doubt, that this novel is a five star read. Orange is matter-of-fact, and he’s hitting on topics that we, as a nation, have fought about for far too long, still attempting to sweep truth under the rug in order to not face the reality of our current world, or who we are, and our sordid history. And while the interlude above is just that, and the narrators barely touch upon what is explicitly stated above–it’s not a novel steeped in politics or in your face–it’s there, calling to the reader, reminding us that privilege exists, that some are luckier than others, and that if we are to survive this harrowing world, we must come together, to understand one another, and to stop the fighting. This novel is fierce. When There There ended, I was speechless. One, I couldn’t believe Orange left us the way he did, but two, it’s just so unspeakably beautiful, thought-provoking, and intense. Five amazing stars! I borrowed the audible of this novel from the library, but then purchased my own paperback copy from Amazon, because this powerful novel is a must for my shelves.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2019 by A Book Vacation
A solid debut novel
Format: Kindle
There, There is a multiple POV novel that tells the story of Natives living Oakland. The novel covers the lives of several characters as they navigate culture, identity, and addiction/abuse. Tommy Orange tells the story of urban, contemporary Natives to juxtapose the stereotypical images of Native Americans that the media presents. This book was a new and informative experience for me. I don’t often engage with media by Native creators, so I really wanted to read this book to learn about Native culture and identity. The themes of culture and identity were really familiar for me and I could even relate. Orange discusses how white supremacy serves to displace and erase minorities and I could really relate to that. I could also relate to the idea of not knowing where you come from because your ancestors have been disenfranchised and their culture has been systematically eradicated. The story explores how our identities are connected to place and space and knowing where you come from feels integral to our identity conception. Tommy Orange also explores the systemic issues that impact Native communities such as addiction and abuse. The characters are actively dealing with their addiction and sobriety. They’re also confronting their past traumas and trying to escape them. There There has 12 POVs and most of the perspectives I think serve a purpose and are relevant to the plot. There were only a couple POVs that I didn’t think were particularly relevant. With that’s said I do think that the novel would have benefited from having a more focused set of main characters. I think having so many perspectives got in the way of fully developing the characters. There were characters that I wanted to know more about and I wanted to know how their character arch’s would develop and how their arch would intersect with the overall plot. I think some of the side POVs interrupted the development of the main POVs. As for the plot there were so many individual plot points that weren’t tied together by the end of the book. The ending was very open and inconclusive. Tommy Orange has said that he’s writing a follow-up which I’m glad about and I’ll definitely read it! I liked this book but there were some technical things that left me kind of unsatisfied. I’m definitely anticipating the follow up novel and I will be on the look out for Tommy Orange’s future work.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2021 by Leigh
Excellent You will never look at Thanksgiving the same way
Format: Kindle
“Silence is not just silence but is not speaking up.” There, There is a beautifully written, captivating story of present-day Native Americans living in Oakland, CA. Urban Indians are that generation born in the city. "We’ve been moving for a long time, but the land moves with you like memory. An Urban Indian belongs to the city, and cities belong to the earth. Everything here is formed in relation to every other living and nonliving thing…” "Getting us to cities was supposed to be the final, necessary step in our assimilation, absorption, erasure, completion of a five hundred year old genocidal campaign. But the city made us new, and we made it ours.“ The book follows the lives of 12 characters and explores what it means to be an Indian or, perhaps more importantly, feel like an Indian. A formidable look at the life of Native Americans a people affected by dislocation, disjointed identities, fractured families, misinformation, abuse, denial and prejudice yet sustained by culture, tradition and hope. The story line and the characters are eventually drawn into one story when the characters all attend the Big Oakland Powwow. "Here history is celebrated, history is confronted and grieving is renewed." “We made powwows because we needed a place to be together. Something intertribal, something old, something to make us money, something we could work toward, for our jewelry, our songs, our dances, our drum.” This is a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ book.even though I found it frustrating to read in places as there's a lot going on and keeping the stories of all 12 characters straight was a challenge. I read the book on audio and think that it may have been less confusing to have read a paper copy. I’ll leave you with this one, unnerving, quote: “This is the thing: If you have the option to not think about or even consider history, whether you learned it right or not, or whether it even deserves consideration, that’s how you know you’re on board the ship that serves hors d’oeuvres and fluffs your pillows, while others are out at sea, swimming or drowning, or clinging to little inflatable rafts that they have to take turns keeping inflated, people short of breath, who’ve never even heard of the words hors d’oeuvres or fluff. You will never look at Thanksgiving the same way again. *****
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Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2023 by #EmptyNestReader
Powerful
Format: Hardcover
There There is a literary fiction novel written by an Indigenous author. Tommy Orange is a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. This book is set in Oakland, California, where the author grew up. As many Indigenous people, Orange grew up off-reservation. At the prologue, the author lays the foundation to the historical violence and massacre of the Indigenous people - I think the prologue was the best part of this book. In this story we follow twelve different perspectives told by twelve different characters. It discusses the struggles of modern Indians in contemporary society. The reader doesn’t realize at the beginning of the book but the lives of these characters are intertwined by an event that will happen at the end of the story. The author points out the loss of Native American culture to colonialism and also writes about a variety of themes such as family, death, poverty, ceremony, tradition, addiction, abuse, suicide, and memory. This novel is powerful, insightful, and I believe any book that is able to educate its readers is a book worth reading.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2024 by Camila Russell
good
Format: Paperback
required for a course i took, i didn’t expect to like it so much. i loved the different characters and how some are connected to others. very different from what i am used to reading, i enjoyed it.
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2026 by Jay
Powerful, necessary reading
Format: Paperback
"We've been defined by everyone else and continue to be slandered despite easy-to-look-up-on-the-internet facts about the realities of our histories and current state as a people." There, There by Tommy Orange completely gutted me. In this book, Orange introduces us to twelve characters, each with a unique voice and Indigineous identity and experience they are trying to reckon with. Their stories eventually connect as they all lead to the climax at The Oakland Pow Wow. I don't have the words to do it justice but here is what resonates the most: 🏟 urban, Indigenous identity is not a monolith or stereotype 🏟 generational trauma caused by U.S. genocide is deeply rooted 🏟 Indigenous identity has been erased from history 🏟 Indigenous pride is not only about place 🏟 Indigenous stories need to be told 🏟 Reckoning with past is crucial for reconciliation 🏟 Indigenous identity is to be defined by them, not outsiders creating a savior narrative 🏟 Grief and shame can last a lifetime Tommy Orange forces you to "see" Native communities just as they are and you witness each character's journey navigating their own identity and trying to dispel the harmful narratives. The ending may seem unfinished for some but I think it is a metaphor for the state of Indigenous people today. They are still here despite not knowing what their future will be like in a country that wants to erase their existence from memory. You can't read this book and stay the same. This book is calling us to action on behalf of Indigenous people everywhere and a call for acknowledgement of what atrocities have been done and still continue to happen today. You will not be comfortable after reading it. It is a necessary read full of raw emotion if you are really serious about reckoning with the racist, violent foundation that this country was built on. Supporting Indigenous people and their stories is one way that you can ensure the correct history is being told and you begin to unlearn the harmful lies you have been fed as truth for too long.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020 by Sharon Velez