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ISBN: 978-1-953534-18-7
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-953534-25-5
5 ½” x 8 ½” ● 296 pages
Night of the Living Rez
Stories by Morgan Talty
Published by Tin House
National Bestseller
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize • New England Book Award - Fiction • PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection • Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
Finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction 2022 • Barnes & Noble Discover Award
Longlisted for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
Best Book of 2022
New York Times • TIME • NPR • Esquire • Oprah Daily • Great Group Reads • Publishers Weekly • LitHub
Best Debut & Short Fiction of 2022
Kirkus Reviews
A New York Times Best Book of Summer 2022 • Good Housekeeping Best Book of Summer 2022 • Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2022• Paste Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2022 • Book Riot’s 22 Great New Books To Read in 2022
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Praise for Night of the Living Rez
“Remarkable. . . . An electric, captivating voice. . . . Talty has assured himself a spot in the canon of great Native American literature.”
— The New York Times
“Captivating.”
— TIME
“Talty’s book haunted and thrilled me in its raw explorations of inheritance, grief and survival, imbued with humor and warmth.”
— NPR Books
“A blazing new talent.”
— Oprah Daily
“Memorable.”
— The Wall Street Journal
“Astounding. . . . Talty is an important new writer to watch.”
— Esquire
“Etched with humor, violence, tenderness, and insight, these braided stories burn bright.”
— Orion
”Unearths grace amid strife. . . . Talty, with his ear for natural, almost musical dialogue, compels you to keep listening.”
— Vulture
“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.”
— Shondaland
“A perfect mix of funny, sad, timely, and intense, this one has something for everyone.”
— The Boston Globe
”Gorgeous.”
— Cosmopolitan
“Powerful.”
— BuzzFeed
”Searing, devastating and often darkly funny.”
— Good Housekeeping
“As tender as anything you’ll read this year.”
— High Country News
". . . A masterwork by a major talent.”
— Star Tribune
"Talty is adept at unearthing his characters’ emotions. . . . these stories reveal the hardships facing a young Native American in contemporary America."
― Kirkus, Starred Review
Additional Praise for Night of the Living Rez
“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 characters’ 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, author of There There
“I am not predicting literary success for Morgan Talty, I am guaranteeing it. He is a fascinating and powerful and singular writer.”
— Rick Bass, author of For a Little While
“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
“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.”
— Jim Shepard, author of Phase Six
“These stories are profoundly moving and essential, rendered with precision and intimacy. Talty is a powerful new voice in Native American fiction.”
— Brandon Hobson, author of The Removed
“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 Marie Mailhot, author of Heart Berries
“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.”
— Toni Jensen, author of Carry