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
[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
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
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
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
An involving and ambitious debut
Adam Lively
Sunday Times
There There drops on us like a thunderclap; the big, booming, explosive sound of 21st century literature finally announcing itself. Essential.
Marlon James