Wandering Stars
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Following its unforgettable characters through almost two centuries of history, from the horrors of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1865 to the aftermath of a mass shooting in 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 many generations of a Native American family, struggling to find ways through displacement, addiction and pain, towards home and hope.
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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!
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
Additional information
| Weight | 237 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 2 cm |
| Book_author | Orange, Tommy |
| Publisher | VINTAGE |
| Imprint | Vintage |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 336 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1st paperback ed |
| Dewey | 813.6 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
