There There

There There

2018 • 292 pages

Ratings162

Average rating3.9

15

Stories of urban Indians, all converging towards a big Pow Wow in Oakland. We meet multiple generations of Native Americans, all struggling with questions of identity. Far from reservations, we meet torn-apart families, feelings of regret, a meta story about recording stories. It all results in a big portrait of what it must feel like to exist in this modern-day society, that has run off, killed and mistreated your people for centuries.

The storytelling is great, I just wish he'd maybe split it into fewer characters. And maybe not have it end on such a negative event.

November 11, 2018