Tommy Orange

«Rompedora, extraordinaria. Una novela tensa, polifacética, con una fuerza inexorable». The New York TimesEstamos ante una voz que nunca hemos escuchado, una voz llena de poesía y de rabia, que estal

Colorado, 1864. Tras sobrevivir a la masacre de Sand Creek donde fueron asesinados alrededor de 200 nativos americanos, Star es trasladado a una prisión-fortaleza de Fort Marion, donde lo obligan a aprender ingles y a practicar el cristianismo por orden de Richard Henry Pratt, un carcelero evangelico que mas adelante fundara la Escuela Industrial India de Carlisle, una institucion dedicada a erradicar la historia, la cultura y la identidad nativas. Una generacion mas tarde, el hijo de Star, Charles, acaba en esa misma escuela, donde es maltratado por el que fuera carcelero de su padre. Mientras sufre el duro trato de Pratt, Charles se refugia en los momentos que comparte con una joven compañera de estudios, Opal Viola, y juntos imaginan un futuro lejos de la violencia institucional que persigue a sus familias.Oakland, 2018. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield intenta mantener unida a su familia tras un suceso que cambia el devenir de todos sus miembros. Su sobrino nieto, Orvil, ha sobrevivido a un tiroteo, pero al despertarse en el hospital ha empezado a buscar compulsivamente videos sobre tiroteos escolares en YouTube y esta desarrollando una dependencia de los analgesicos. Su hermano pequeño, Lony, que tambien estuvo presente, sufre trastorno de estres postraumatico y, para intentar darle sentido a lo que ha vivido, se hace cortes en secreto y realiza rituales de sangre esperando que lo conecten con su legado cheyene. Opal, que tambien se encuentra perdida, experimenta con las ceremonias y el peyote en busca de una forma de curar las heridas de su familia.*Uno de los mejores libros del año por The New York Times Book Review*Finalista del Premio Goodreads 2024*Finalista del Premio Booker 2024

The story is told from the points of view of a dozen different characters involved in putting together a powwow in the city stadium. Early in the book we intuit that something terrible will happen there. Much of the novels emotional power comes from reading against this intuition, and connecting with the unique voices male and female, old and young from around the community as the clock ticks down.

Douze personnes convergent, pour diverses raisons, au grand pow-wow d'Oakland. Jacquie Red Father, sevrée de l'alcool et souhaitant renouer avec la famille qu'elle a abandonnée, Dene Oxandene, rêvant

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 The heart rending story of a Native American community told through the generationsAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER A towering achievement New York Times As vital as air Guardian This novel is alive Tess GuntyFollowing the arc of two centuries from the horrors of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 to the early 21st century Wandering Stars is an indelible novel of America s war on its own people It is also the tender shattering story of several generations of a Native American family searching for ways through displacement and pain towards home and hope a wondrous novel of poetry music rage and love from one of the most astonishing voices of his generation Wandering Stars is the kind of book that saves lives Kaveh Akbar author of Martyr No one knows how to express tenderness and yearning like Tommy Orange Louise Erdrich author of The Night Watchman One of our most important writers Wondrous Nana Kwame Adjei Brenyah author of Chain Gang All Stars The care coursing through these pages care for people care for art care for truth is nothing short of radical Tess Gunty author of The Rabbit Hutch

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2018A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BEST BOOK 2018AN OPRAH MAGAZINE TOP 15 BEST BOOK 2018WINNER OF THE WRITER'S CENTER FIRST NOVEL 2018 AWARDJacquie Red Feather is newly sober and hoping to reconnect with her estranged family. That's why she is there. Dene is there because he has been collecting stories to honour his uncle's death, while Edwin is looking for his true father and Opal came to watch her boy Orvil dance.All of them are connected by bonds they may not yet understand. All of them are here for the celebration that is the Big Oakland Powwow. But Tony Loneman is also there.And Tony has come to the Powow with darker intentions.