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Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty (2022, Trade Paperback)

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ISBN
9781953534187
Book Title
Night of the Living Rez
Item Length
8.5in
Publisher
Tin House Books, LLC
Publication Year
2022
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.8in
Author
Morgan Talty
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Family Life, Short Stories (Single Author), Native American & Aboriginal
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Number of Pages
250 Pages

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Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection about what it means to be Penobscot in the twenty-first century and what it means to live, to survive, and to persevere after tragedy. In twelve striking, luminescent stories, author Morgan Talty--with searing humor, abiding compassion, and deep insight--breathes life into tales of family and a community as they struggle with a painful past and an uncertain future. A boy unearths a jar that holds an old curse, which sets into motion his family's unraveling; a man, while trying to swindle some pot from a dealer, discovers a friend passed out in the woods, his hair frozen into the snow; a grandmother suffering from Alzheimer's projects the past onto her grandson; and two friends, inspired by Antiques Roadshow, attempt to rob the tribal museum for valuable root clubs. A collection that examines the consequences and merits of inheritance, Night of the Living Rez is an unforgettable portrayal of an Indigenous community and marks the arrival of a standout talent in contemporary fiction.

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Publisher
Tin House Books, LLC
ISBN-10
195353418x
ISBN-13
9781953534187
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19057262629

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Book Title
Night of the Living Rez
Author
Morgan Talty
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Family Life, Short Stories (Single Author), Native American & Aboriginal
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
250 Pages

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Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz

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Ps3620.A586n54 2022
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Joining the ranks of Tommy Orange, Brandon Hobson and Terese Marie Mailhot, Talty's strikingly successful debut is poised to expand the growing circle of lauded Indigenous writers. Superb., Talty's book haunted and thrilled me in its raw explorations of inheritance, grief and survival, imbued with humor and warmth., Talty is adept at unearthing his characters' emotions. . . . these stories reveal the hardships facing a young Native American in contemporary America., Unearths grace amid strife. . . . Talty, with his ear for natural, almost musical dialogue, compels you to keep listening., Remarkable. . . . An electric, captivating voice. . . . Talty has assured himself a spot in the canon of great Native American literature., Morgan Talty's Night of the Living Rez is a beautifully crafted, raw and intimate book about youth, friendship, and family on the reservation. These stories are profoundly moving and essential, rendered with precision and intimacy. Talty is a powerful new voice in Native American fiction., These stories took me in the same way Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son did when I first read it. The comparison here is meant in every way to praise Talty as a writer, and I'm sure I won't be the only one who says so, partially because of his emotional precision, his stark, unflinching, droll, intoxicating style, and also because of a certain drug/addiction element at play here. But as I got deeper into the work, into the book, and came to understand these lives and this community, the further away it felt from my initial comparison with Johnson, and the more familiar it felt--our Native communities being bound by countless common threads, strengths and afflictions both--and only then did I understand the distinct brilliance of Talty's voice as its own, and ours. I knew and felt for these people. Wanted to and knew I couldn't help them, even as they did me. There is so much brutal, raw, and beautiful power in these stories. I kept wanting to read and know more about these peoples' lives, how they ended up where they ended up, how they would get out, how they wouldn't. It is difficult to be so honest, and funny, and sad, at once, in any kind of work. Reading this book, I literally laughed and cried., These stories took me in the same way Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son did when I first read it. The comparison here is meant in every way to praise Talty as a writer, and I'm sure I won't be the only one who says so, partially because of his emotional precision, his stark, unflinching, droll, intoxicating style, and also because of a certain drug/addiction element at play here. But as I got deeper into the work, into the book, and came to understand these lives and this community, the further away it felt from my initial comparison with Johnson, and the more familiar it felt--our Native communities being bound by countless common threads, strengths and afflictions both--and only then did I understand the distinct brilliance of Talty's voice as its own, and ours. I knew and felt for these people. Wanted to and knew I couldn't help them, even as they did me. There is so much brutal, raw, and beautiful power in these stories. I kept wanting to read and know more about these peoples' lives, how they ended up where they ended up, how they would get out, how they wouldn't. It is difficult to be so honest, and funny, and sad, at once, in any kind of work. Reading this book, I literally laughed and cried.--Tommy Orange Morgan Talty's Night of the Living Rez is a beautifully crafted, raw and intimate book about youth, friendship, and family on the reservation. These stories are profoundly moving and essential, rendered with precision and intimacy. Talty is a powerful new voice in Native American fiction.--Brandon Hobson, National Book Award finalist and author of The Removed Night of the Living Rez is a fiercely intelligent and beautifully written set of stories--a spectacularly visceral and moving account of the experience of a member of the Penobscot Nation in today's America--as well as a wrenching meditation on family and familial dysfunction. Morgan Talty is a master of the way dependency and pain transition from one body to another; the way both separating and refusing to separate become modes of saving ourselves; and the way, for all of our failures, we never stop doing what we can to provide each other hope.--Jim Shepard Night of the Living Rez is true storytelling. It's a book so funny, so real, so spirited and vivid it brought me back to my own rez life and the people who made me.--Terese Mailhot Night of the Living Rez delivers stories that combine the otherworldly with the everyday in ways that startle and sing. Morgan Talty portrays Maine and his Penobscot characters in language and images both beautiful and inventive. With equal parts humor and haunting, this book will linger.--Toni Jensen, author of Carry Night of the Living Rez is an indelible portrait of a family in crisis, and an incisive exploration of the myriad ways in which the past persists in haunting the present. I loved these sharply atmospheric, daring, and intensely moving stories, each one dense with peril and tenderness. Morgan Talty is a thrilling new talent.--Laura van den Berg, author of I Hold a Wolf by the Ears, There is so much beauty in these stories. . . . they build on themselves the way a life builds: messily, unpredictably, with love and heartache and never quite in the way you expect., Uses Humor and Heartache to Tell the Interconnected Stories of a Menagerie of Indigenous Characters., While soaked in pain and broken promises, Night of The Living Rez delivers with a grace and dignity on par with the writings of Craig Lesley, Dawn Dumont, James Welch and Joseph Dandurand. Morgan Talty delivers on so many levels and proves that this is why Indigenous Literature continues to be its own unique and sacred blessing. I loved this book. Loved it. And I can't wait to see what Morgan Talty does next. I am a fan for life. Mahsi cho, Morgan!, A triumph of fiction that values each and every one of its flawed characters deeply and that spins its stories in such a way that invites an immediate reread., Unforgettable. . . . rich in both plot and execution, this is a book that reflects how humanity is shaped by both trauma and survival., Emotionally pitch-perfect, immersive, and beautifully nuanced, Talty has gifted readers with a stunning debut that shows the interconnectedness of family, community, and ultimately who we are and what we can become. . . . devastating, satisfying, and heart-stopping., Reflects the complexity, irony and humor of what it means to love and be loved, and how love itself is often an imperfect thing, even in its purest forms., Night of the Living Rez is a fiercely intelligent and beautifully written set of stories--a spectacularly visceral and moving account of the experience of a member of the Penobscot Nation in today's America--as well as a wrenching meditation on family and familial dysfunction. Morgan Talty is a master of the way dependency and pain transition from one body to another; the way both separating and refusing to separate become modes of saving ourselves; and the way, for all of our failures, we never stop doing what we can to provide each other hope., Night of the Living Rez delivers stories that combine the otherworldly with the everyday in ways that startle and sing. Morgan Talty portrays Maine and his Penobscot characters in language and images both beautiful and inventive. With equal parts humor and haunting, this book will linger., It's so damn good. After reading the last sentence of the final short story, I just sat there feeling stunned., Night of the Living Rez is an indelible portrait of a family in crisis, and an incisive exploration of the myriad ways in which the past persists in haunting the present. I loved these sharply atmospheric, daring, and intensely moving stories, each one dense with peril and tenderness. Morgan Talty is a thrilling new talent., Night of the Living Rez is true storytelling. It's a book so funny, so real, so spirited and vivid it brought me back to my own rez life and the people who made me.
Table of Content
Burn In a Jar Get Me Some Medicine Food for the Common Cold In a Field of Stray Caterpillars The Blessing Tobacco Safe Harbor Smokes Last Half-Life Earth, Speak Night of the Living Rez The Name Means Thunder
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2022-000557
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