'THERE THERE drops on us like a thunderclap; the big, booming, explosive sound of 21st century literature finally announcing itself. Essential.' Marlon James, author ofA 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 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 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 and brings so much news from a distinct corner of American life that its a revelation. --Dwight Garner,New York Times Masterful. White-hot. A devastating debut novel.Washington Post
Jacquie Red Feather and 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 and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Thats 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 understand.
All of them are there for the cultural celebration that is the Big Oakland Powwow.
But Tony Loneman is also there. And Tony has come to the Powwow with darker intentions.
'There Thereis a propulsive, groundbreaking novel, polyphonic and multigenerational, weaving together an array of contemporary Native American voices into a singularly dynamic and original meta-narrative about violence and recovery, about family and loss, about identity and power.' Derek Palacio
Tommy Orangewas born and raised in Oakland, California. He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He currently lives in Angels Camp, California.
Tommy is a recent graduate from the MFA programme at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He is a 2014 MacDowell Fellow, and a 2016 Writing by Writers Fellow.There Thereis his first novel.
