A young doctor investigates the circumstances of her grandfathers mysterious death, recounts what she discovered while researching his childhood in a small town, and passes on stories he himself told her about his encounters, when an adult, with a mysterious deathless man. The tiger s wife is the debut novel of serbianamerican writer tea obreht. At 25, she is the youngest woman ever to win, and she has done so. Top 7 quotes from the tigers wife a novel free book notes. Tea obreht is the author of the tiger s wife, winner of the orange prize and a finalist for the national book award. Her debut, the tigers wife, is a haunting look into the power of. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The multitextured narrative of this complex novel interweaves three related plots. Its main characters were crusader rabbit and his sidekick ragland t. The tigers wife is the debut novel of serbianamerican writer tea obreht. Tea obrehts fame was virtually assured even before publication of the tigers wife, her first novel. This explains her slight ambivalence at winning the orange prize for her first novel, the tiger s wife. National book award finalist new york times bestseller spectacular.
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