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There There is an excellent debut novel. Set in Oakland before a big powwow and told from twelve different character perspectives. This novel is Orange's effort to give voice to the experience of urban Native Americans, of which, he was unable to find other examples in literature.
The novel is a mosaic of shifting perspectives, hopping back and forth in time, while slowly invisible connections between characters reveal themselves and they are finally all drawn to together in a dramatic conclusio ...more
The novel is a mosaic of shifting perspectives, hopping back and forth in time, while slowly invisible connections between characters reveal themselves and they are finally all drawn to together in a dramatic conclusio ...more

Our March selection for Get Lit, "There There", was an excellent debut novel. Set in Oakland before a big powwow and told from twelve different character perspectives, this novel is Orange's effort to give voice to the experience of urban Native Americans, of which he was unable to find other examples in literature.
The novel is a mosaic of shifting perspectives, hopping back and forth in time, while slowly invisible connections between characters reveal themselves and they are finally all drawn ...more
The novel is a mosaic of shifting perspectives, hopping back and forth in time, while slowly invisible connections between characters reveal themselves and they are finally all drawn ...more

Feb 27, 2018
Hayleigh
marked it as to-read