{"product_id":"wandering-stars","title":"Wandering Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024\u003cbr\u003e\nTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Wandering Stars is the kind of book that saves lives' Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Among the tragedy .... there is redemption and humanity. It's a stunning book' Dua Lipa, Service95 Book of the Month\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA heart-rending story of a Native American community told through the generations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eColorado, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYears 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFull 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024\u003cbr\u003e\nAN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Wondrous' Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Chain-Gang All-Stars\u003cbr\u003e\n'This novel is alive' Tess Gunty, author of The Rabbit Hutch\u003cbr\u003e\n'A towering achievement’ New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\n'As vital as air' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45073855938739,"sku":"9781529930344","price":480.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/81bLZ5LId8L.jpg?v=1762881331","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/wandering-stars","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}