NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Spectacular . . . [Téa Obreht] spins a
tale of such marvel and magic in a literary voice so enchanting that the mesmerized reader
wants her never to stop. Entertainment Weekly ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Michiko
Kakutani The New York Times Entertainment Weekly The Christian Science Monitor The Kansas City
Star Library Journal Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend loss and love Téa
Obreht the youngest of The New Yorker s twenty best American fiction writers under forty has
spun a timeless novel that will establish her as one of the most vibrant original authors of
her generation. In a Balkan country mending from war Natalia a young doctor is compelled to
unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather s recent death.
Searching for clues she turns to his worn copy of The Jungle Book and the stories he told her
of his encounters over the years with the deathless man. But most extraordinary of all is the
story her grandfather never told her the legend of the tiger s wife. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF
THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal O: The Oprah Magazine The Economist Vogue Slate Chicago
Tribune The Seattle Times Dayton Daily News Publishers Weekly Alan Cheuse NPR s All Things
Considered Stunning . . . a richly textured and searing novel. Michiko Kakutani The New York
Times [Obreht] has a talent for subtle plotting that eludes most writers twice her age and her
descriptive powers suggest a kind of channeled genius. . . . No novel [this year] has been more
satisfying. The Wall Street Journal Filled with astonishing immediacy and presence fleshed out
with detail that seems firsthand The Tiger s Wife is all the more remarkable for being the
product not of observation but of imagination. The New York Times Book Review That The Tiger s
Wife never slips entirely into magical realism is part of its magic. . . . Its graceful
commingling of contemporary realism and village legend seems even more absorbing. The
Washington Post
