Audiobooks by Tommy Orange

The Best Short Stories 2026: The O. Henry Prize Winners

"The prestigious annual anthology features prize-winning stories by an international array of talented writers, including Weike Wang, Colm Tóibín, Louise Erdrich, Samanta Schweblin, Jenny Xie, Kevin Wilson, Brandon Taylor, and Catherine Lacey. Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Tommy Orange has brought his own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Orange, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. THE WINNING STORIES 'Five Bridges,' Colm Tóibín 'Flowers and Their Meanings,' Marie-Helene Bertino 'American Realism,' Brandon Taylor 'The Hare,' Ismael Ramos, translated from the Galician by Jacob Rogers 'Where Are You and Where Is My Money,' Ucheoma Onwutuebe 'Love of My Days,' Louise Erdrich 'Stick Season,' Jenny Xie 'She-Bear,' Evgenia Nekrasova, translated from the Russian by Marianna Suleymanova 'This Time and the Next,' Noel Quiñones 'Pretend,' Mary Williams 'Case Study,' Weike Wang 'Inês,' João Pedro Vala 'Tender,' Sarah LaBrie 'Earshot,' Guka Han, translated from the French by Katie Shireen Assef 'The Masterclass,' William Pei Shih 'Welcome to the Club,' Samanta Schweblin, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell 'Waiting, a Quintet,' Kimberly Blaeser 'Muscle to Muscle, Toe to Toe,' Kim Samek 'All Stories,' Kevin Wilson 'The Ghost Coat,' Catherine Lacey"

Tommy Orange (Author), A'rese Emokpae, Erin Tripp, Gary Furlong, Ines del Castillo, Jen Zhao, Lee Osorio, Peter Ganim (Narrator)

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[Italian] - Stelle vaganti

"Colorado, 1864. Jude Star, un giovane Cheyenne sopravvissuto al massacro di Sand Creek, viene mandato nella prigione di Fort Marion, dove è costretto a imparare l'inglese e a praticare il cristianesimo da Richard Henry Pratt, una guardia carceraria evangelica che fonderà la Carlisle Indian Industrial School, un'istituzione dedicata allo sradicamento della storia, della cultura e dell'identità dei nativi. Una generazione dopo, il figlio di Star, Charles, che frequenta quella scuola, viene brutalizzato dall'uomo che era stato il carceriere di suo padre. Per sopravvivere ai maltrattamenti di Pratt, Charles si aggrappa ai momenti che condivide con una giovane compagna di studi, Opal Viola, con la quale prova a immaginarsi un futuro lontano dalla violenza istituzionale che si accanisce sui nativi superstiti. Diverse generazioni dopo, nel 2018, a Oakland, Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield è impegnata nell'ardua impresa di tenere insieme la propria famiglia, dopo la sparatoria che ha quasi ucciso suo nipote Orvil. Il ragazzo convalescente in breve diventa dipendente dai farmaci prescritti per alleviare il trauma fisico. Suo fratello minore, Lony, che soffre di disturbi post-traumatici, cerca di dare un senso alla carneficina a cui ha assistito tagliandosi di nascosto e mettendo in atto rituali di sangue che pensa possano riavvicinarlo al suo retaggio Cheyenne. Anche Opal è ormai alla deriva e decide di sperimentare cerimonie rituali e il peyote, nella speranza di trovare un modo per guarire la sua famiglia ferita. In questo attesissimo romanzo, che costituisce una sorta di sequel/prequel di Non qui, non altrove, Tommy Orange ripercorre una serie di vicende che partono dal massacro del Sand Creek del 1864, passano per le violenze della Carlisle Indian Industrial School, e arrivano fino a oggi. Questa costellazione di narrazioni al passato e al futuro fa emergere una storia ora sconvolgente ora meravigliosa. Un libro poetico, pieno di dolore e di rabbia, ma, soprattutto, un devastante atto d'accusa contro la guerra dell'America al suo stesso popolo. contributori TR Stefano Bortolussi LE Alessandro D'Errico"

Tommy Orange (Author), Alessandro D'Errico (Narrator)

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Wandering Stars: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024

"Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the story of a Native American community told through the generations, from the author of the New York Times bestseller There There 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. Readers of Orange's classic debut There There will know some of these characters and will be eager to learn what happened to Orvil Red Feather after the Oakland Powwow. New readers will discover a wondrous novel of poetry, music, rage and love, from one of the most astonishing voices of his generation. ©2024 Tommy Orange (P)2024 Penguin Audio"

Tommy Orange (Author), Alma Cuervo, Calvin Joyal, Charley Flyte, Christian Young, Curtis Michael Holland, Emmanuel Chumaceiro, Macleod Andrews, Phil Ava, Shaun Taylor-Corbett (Narrator)

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[German] - Dort dort (Ungekürzte Lesung)

"So viel Energie, so viel Schönheit, so viel Erkenntnis - Jacquie ist endlich nüchtern und will zu der Familie zurückkehren, die sie vor vielen Jahren verlassen hat. Dene sammelt mit einer alten Kamera Geschichten von indianischem Leben. Edwin sucht seinen Vater. Und Orvil will zum ersten Mal den Tanz der Vorfahren tanzen. Ihre Leben sind miteinander verwoben, und sie sind zum großen Powwow in Oakland gekommen, um ihre Traditionen zu feiern. Doch auch Tony ist dort, und Tony ist mit dunklen Absichten gekommen. Tommy Orange erzählt mit rauer poetischer Kraft, brodelnder Energie und grimmigem Lachen die Geschichten der ersten Bewohner Amerikas neu."

Tommy Orange (Author), Christian Brückner (Narrator)

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There There: From the Booker-prize longlisted author of Wandering Stars

"Random House presents the audiobook edition of There There by Tommy Orange, read by Darrell Dennis, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Alma Cuervo and Kyla Garcia. Jacquie Red Feather and her sister Opal grew up together, relying on each other during their unsettled childhood. As adults they were driven apart, but Jacquie is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. That’s why she is there. Dene is there because he has been collecting stories to honour his uncle's death. Edwin is looking for his true father. Opal came to watch her boy Orvil dance. All of them are connected by bonds they may not yet understand. All of them are there for the cultural celebration that is the Big Oakland Powwow. But Tony Loneman is also there. And Tony has come to the Powwow with darker intentions. 'There There is a propulsive, groundbreaking novel, polyphonic and multigenerational, weaving together an array of contemporary Native American voices into a singularly dynamic and original meta-narrative about violence and recovery, about family and loss, about identity and power.' Derek Palacio"

Tommy Orange (Author), Alma Cuervo, Darrell Dennis, Kyla Garcia, Shaun Taylor-Corbett (Narrator)

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Audiobooks by Tommy Orange

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