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Title details for The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht - Available

The Tiger's Wife

A Novel

by Téa Obreht
Susan Duerden
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • The instant classic debut novel from the author of Inland and The Morningside, hailed as “a thrilling beginning to what will certainly be a great literary career” (Elle)
 
“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
 
“Not since Zadie Smith has a young writer arrived with such power and grace.”—Time
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
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.
 
Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Téa Obreht, hailed by Colum McCann as “the most thrilling literary discovery in years,” has spun a timeless novel that will establish her as one of the most vibrant, original authors of her generation.
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

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    March 8, 2011

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780307877031
      • File size: 327572 KB
      • Duration: 11:22:26

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Matching the resonant voices of Susan Duerden and Robin Sachs with the rich prose of Obreht was a stroke of genius. The stories in this audiobook weave and unravel many threads--threads connecting Natalia (performed with grace by Duerden) and her grandfather (rumbled beautifully by Sachs) to one another and to their perpetually war-torn Balkan home. Duerden's Natalia is an earnest doctor who cares for her country's orphans as she comes to terms with her grandfather's recent death. The loss of this loving constant in her life haunts her in the form of her grandfather's stories--vivid, often bizarre tales best told by Sachs, whose raspy tone goes far to endear his character to any listener. Meandering, enchanting, tragic, and hopeful, THE TIGER'S WIFE makes for superb listening. L.B.F. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 2, 2011
      Obreht, named last year as one of the New Yorker's 20 novelists to watch under the age of 40, makes her debut with this magical-realist evocation of a country in wartime. The author, herself an immigrant to the U.S. from the former Yugoslavia, transforms a young woman's memories of her grandfather's stories into a kaleidoscopic portrait of her former country's traumatic history. The book is read in tag-team fashion by Susan Duerden and Robin Sachs. Sachs sounds gravelly, grouchy, and well-pickled in various alcoholic libations; Duerden is British, plummy, arch, and delicate in her intonations, reverberating into near-Cockney working-class tone. The unlikely combination is surprisingly pleasing, nicely matching the contrast between Obreht's elaborate storytelling conceit and its grubby, homely details. A Random hardcover.

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