Wandering Stars: The instant New York Times bestseller

Author: Tommy Orange

ISBN: 9781529930344

Price: Rs. 360.15 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition

Book Overview

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Wandering Stars is the kind of book that saves lives' Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr! 'Among the tragedy .... there is redemption and humanity. It's a stunning book' Dua Lipa, Service95 Book of the Month A heart-rending story of a Native American community told through the generations Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion prison castle where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by an evangelical prison guard, who will go on to found the Carlisle Indian Industrial school, dedicated to the eradication of Native history, culture and identity. Years later, Star's son, Charles, is sent to this school, where he is brutalised by the same man. Together with fellow student Opal Viola, Charles envisions a future far away from the institutional violence that follows their bloodlines. Full of poetry music, rage and love, Wandering Stars, looks to the past and future across the generations of the Bear Shield and Red Feather family, finding their way through displacement and pain, towards home and hope. A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'Wondrous' Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Chain-Gang All-Stars 'This novel is alive' Tess Gunty, author of The Rabbit Hutch 'A towering achievement’ New York Times 'As vital as air' Guardian Read more

Browse this title within our Children's Books collection. Edition details: English, 336 pages. Reference ISBN: 9781529930344.

About the Author

Tommy Orange is a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, recipient of the PEN/Hemingway Award, and author of There There.

Why Readers Pick This Edition

• You’ll be deeply moved by this powerful, lyrical novel that blends history with raw human emotion. Wandering Stars tells a story of survival, love, and resistance across generations, giving voice to lives shaped by loss yet fueled by hope. You’ll feel the poetry in its language, the weight of its truths, and the quiet strength of its characters long after the final page. It’s the kind of book that doesn’t just tell a story—it stays with you.
• Published by Harvill Secker / Vintage.
• Language: English.
• Page count: 336.

Catalog Description

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Wandering Stars is the kind of book that saves lives' Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr! 'Among the tragedy .... there is redemption and humanity. It's a stunning book' Dua Lipa, Service95 Book of the Month A heart-rending story of a Native American community told through the generations Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion prison castle where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by an evangelical prison guard, who will go on to found the Carlisle Indian Industrial school, dedicated to the eradication of Native history, culture and identity....

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