There There

There There is 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

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.

Clare Vaye Watkins

There There drops on us like a thunderclap; the big, booming, explosive sound of 21st century literature finally announcing itself. Essential.

Marlon James

Coming very soon: There There, by Tommy Orange. Gripping deep dive into urban #indigenous community: astonishing literary début!

Margaret Atwood (on 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

An involving and ambitious debut

Adam Lively, Sunday Times

Mr Orange's sparkling debut is not merely a literary triumph but a cultural and political one, too. It is a work of defiance and recovery

Economist

[A] bold and engrossing debut… [Orange] has got under his characters’ skins, allowing them to speak for themselves… This is a powerful novel of pain and possibility

Erica Wagner, Financial Times

One of the most dazzling openings I have read this year . . . [An] exhilarating, polyphonic debut novel

Luiza Sauma, Daily Telegraph

Articulated bluntly and beautifully by Orange, it’s magnificent, bold, educational and forthright. It’s something of a masterpiece

UK Press Syndication

A magnificent achievement… Orange has created a remarkable work, and I have little doubt that he will be ranked in the pantheon of 21st century American novelists

Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday

It is optimism that lingers after finishing the book. Fragile and flawed though this hope might be, it remains moving and powerful, just like the rest of Orange’s impressive achievement

Alexander Larman, Observer

Compelling and affecting… It’s a searing, haunting read – all the way to its violent, intense climax

Hephzibah Anderson, Mail on Sunday

How do you rewrite the story of a people? This question shapes Tommy Orange’s sorrowful, beautiful debut novel . . . There There itself is a kind of dance. Even in its tragic details, it is lyrical and playful, shaking and shimmering with energy. The novel dips into the tiniest personal details and sweeps across history. Orange creates beauty out of tragedy.

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Guardian

It’s practically Shakespearean. But there’s sharp humour and spiky energy too in this bold, distinctive debut

Siobhan Murphy, The Times

These are stories that need to be heard. Tommy Orange is a writer who needs to be read

Oscar Rickett

There There feels like a bold opening statement of intent… Orange has a way with words and a convincing eye for character. His debut has both the arresting page-turning charm of a good thriller but also the recumbent beauty of a well written literary novel

Bookmunch

Orange’s fiery debut… There There is at once a poetic and suspenseful page-turner and a subtle condemnation of a shameful history

Lucy Feldman, Time, **Books of the Year**

Exhilarating and polyphonic, with a Tarantino-esque climax, it is also a powerful meditation on history, culture and identity

Daily Telegraph

There There…[is] hugely impressive, a brilliantly conceived and written first novel

Herald

[There There] tackles poverty, sexuality, identity and the decline and desire for community. It's Orange's ability to carve out such small and quiet moments in the stifled domestic strands of his complicated story and then such magnitude in the breadth of the overarching topic…which makes this novel so frightening, so hopeful and so powerful

Dazed Digital

Orange is an extremely skilful writer; each narrative voice he creates is completely distinctive and it is a wonder that this novel was written by a single writer

University of Nottingham Impact