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Feb 10, 2019
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A bunch of loosely woven essays on memory of a gross injustice ultimately forming a loose semblance of a plot.
Q: “There There,” by Radiohead… “Just ’cause you feel it doesn’t mean it’s there.” … This there there. He hadn’t read Gertrude Stein beyond the quote. (с)
Rating: We start at 5 stars.
+1 star: for the fearlessness: raising this controversial topic is strong.
-1 star: for the disjointedness. As an innovative and fresh view it worked. As a novel, it didn't. The book is more like a collection ...more
Q: “There There,” by Radiohead… “Just ’cause you feel it doesn’t mean it’s there.” … This there there. He hadn’t read Gertrude Stein beyond the quote. (с)
Rating: We start at 5 stars.
+1 star: for the fearlessness: raising this controversial topic is strong.
-1 star: for the disjointedness. As an innovative and fresh view it worked. As a novel, it didn't. The book is more like a collection ...more
"There There" opens with a prologue about the painful history of Native Americans culminating in many Natives moving to the cities. The author is an "Urban Indian" himself, growing up in Oakland, the setting for this novel. The story is told in a series of vignettes about twelve characters in this California city.
The characters have problems with domestic violence, depression, suicide, poverty, discrimination, and substance abuse. The grandmothers and aunts often have to care for the children of ...more
The characters have problems with domestic violence, depression, suicide, poverty, discrimination, and substance abuse. The grandmothers and aunts often have to care for the children of ...more
Our book club had a very lively, virtual discussion. Some felt confused by the different narrators; some loved it. Most of us loved the language, the way he described moments of transcendence, moments of dying. And it inspired a political discussion about the disenfranchised in our society.
Aug 25, 2020
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Very good story. Really makes you think. Totally different from my usual genres I read (true crime, mystery)
The only bad thing I have to say is there is a lot of characters to keep track of.
The only bad thing I have to say is there is a lot of characters to keep track of.
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