The Tiger's Wife
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY 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
… More »NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY 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 SELECTED ONE OF THE TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY 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. Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.
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Amid the war-scarred landscape of a fictionalized Balkan country, a young doctor, Natalia, faces superstition and secrecy on a humanitarian trip to an orphanage across the border. At the same time, she searches for the truth of her grandfather's mysterious final days and his solitary death in a small country village. In Eastern Orthodox tradition, we learn, “the forty days of the soul begin on the morning after death.” During that time, it will “make its way to the places of its past.” Natalia must return home with her grandfather's personal effects before those forty days pass so that his soul can find its way. Des Plaines Readers' Services/Ms_Fitz
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Add a QuoteIt took him a long time to ask, “Been around children much?” He wasn’t looking at me, so he didn’t see me shrug. After a while, I shrugged again, tapped my book with a pencil. Eventually, I asked: “Why?” He sat up, pushed his chair away from the table and rubbed his knees. “When men die, they die in fear,” he said. “They take everything they need from you, and as a doctor it is your job to give it, to comfort them, to hold their hand. But children die how they have been living—in hope. They don’t know what’s happening, so they expect nothing, they don’t ask you to hold their hand—but you end up needing them to hold yours. With children, you’re on your own. Do you understand?
“These stories run like secret rivers through all the other stories”
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Add a CommentI really loved this book, its complexities and layers, the writing, the setting, the characters. It is one of those books that just stays with you after you have finished it.
I waited a really long time to get this book so I thought it would be really good. It was terrible . Had no redeeming qualities. Ikept reading to the end because I thought there must be some fabulous ending but there wasn't.
This book didn't engage me until mid way through. I found myself skimming it to get it over with. I agree with sddepaul below. It didn't come together.
reminiscent of Life of Pi
I wanted to stop reading around page 100, but read the reviews and made it through this book which had its moments...but it never really came together for me.
Complex , moving, meaty story. Folktales interwoven with the surreality of war in the background and a grandfather-granddaughter relationship that ties it all together. Beautifully written and compelling.
The integration of the parallel story-lines is not seamless, but I found this to be a compelling and enjoyable read. This book made me want to learn more about the history of this part of the world. I was much more intrigued by the stories from the past than the present-day narrative, though I can see that each is essential to the completeness of the book.
I loved this book so much I'm ready to read it again. The author evokes time and place with the dexterity of a magician, then she mesmerizes by layering stories within stories. It is part magic, part dreamtime, part history, part daily occurrences. Tea Obreht has a bell-like voice that calls the reader back and back to her book.
The writer gave me a strong feel of the region. I enjoyed the tiger, the deathless man, and, most of all, the grandfather: his love of the place and people. The young author did a great job of introducing a great complexity of social, racial, and war-related issues through stories. I look forward to her more mature work.
This was an interesting book. I thought the descriptions of a country split from civil war and the fall out afterward illuminating. I thought the writing style a little clunky and the stories a disjointed