by Tea Obreht · W&N · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780753827406
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«The Tiger's Wife» is Tea Obreht's magical realism novel, published by W&N in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Natalia, a doctor, tries to clarify her grandfather's death and reconstructs the stories he told her: a tiger that escaped from Belgrade Zoo during the 1941 bombings and the legend of an immortal man. In a landscape marked by war and superstitions, the novel weaves together folklore and myth.
Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2011 and finalist for the National Book Award.
For readers of literary fiction, historical fiction, and magical realism, and for book clubs.
Téa Obreht is an American novelist. She won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2011 for The Tiger's Wife, her debut novel.
