"Bravura...
There There has so much jangling energy and brings so much news from a distinct corner of American life that it's a revelation... its appearance marks the passing of a generational baton."
--Dwight Garner, The New York Times "Sweeping and subtle...pure soaring beauty."
--Colm Toibin, The New York Times
"A rush of intensity and fervor... Bursting with talent and big ideas... Funny and profane and conscious of the violence that runs like a scar through American culture."
--Jeff Baker, The Seattle Times
A new kind of American epic... one that reflects his ambivalence and the complexity of [Orange's] upbringing.
--Alexandra Alter, The New York Times
Masterful. White-hot. A devastating debut novel.
--Ron Charles, The Washington Post
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, Birchbark Books
"THERE THERE drops on us like a thunderclap; the big, booming, explosive sound of 21st century literature finally announcing itself. Essential."
--Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings
"There There is a miraculous achievement, a book that wields ferocious honesty and originality in service of telling a story that needs to be told. This is a novel about what it means to inhabit a land both yours and stolen from you, to simultaneously contend with the weight of belonging and unbelonging. There is an organic power to this book - a revelatory, controlled chaos. Tommy Orange writes the way a storm makes landfall."
--Omar El Akkad, author of American War
"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."
--Claire Vaye Watkins
This is Tommy Orange. Remember his name. His book's gonna blow the roof off.
--Pam Houston
A symphonic debut...Engrossing... There There introduces an exciting voice.
--Booklist (starred review)
Commanding...The propulsion of both the overall narrative and its players are breathtaking as Orange unpacks how decisions of the past mold the present, resulting in a haunting and gripping story.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Visceral... A chronicle of domestic violence, alcoholism, addiction, and pain, the book reveals the perseverance and spirit of the characters... Unflinching candor... Highly recommended.
--Library Journal (starred review)
Kaleidoscopic... In this vivid and moving book, Orange articulates the challenges and complexities not only of Native Americans, but also of America itself.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
