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Wandering Stars

By Tommy Orange

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Wandering Stars

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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! '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
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2025-03-06
Publication Date:
2025-03-06
Publisher:
Random House UK Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1529930340
ISBN13:
9781529930344
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
234 g
Height:
126 cm
Width:
196 cm
Thickness:
22 cm

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