{"product_id":"the-tiger-s-wifebooks","title":"The Tiger's Wife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST •\u003ci\u003e NEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • “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.”—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook for Téa Obreht’s second novel, \u003ci\u003eInland\u003c\/i\u003e, now available.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times • Entertainment Weekly • The Christian Science Monitor • The Kansas City Star • Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Téa Obreht, the youngest of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e’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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle Book \u003c\/i\u003eand 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Economist • Vogue • \u003c\/i\u003eSlate\u003ci\u003e • Chicago Tribune • The Seattle Times • Dayton Daily News • Publishers Weekly • \u003c\/i\u003eAlan Cheuse, NPR’s \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stunning . . . a richly textured and searing novel.”\u003cb\u003e—Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[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.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Filled with astonishing immediacy and presence, fleshed out with detail that seems firsthand, \u003ci\u003eThe Tiger’s Wife \u003c\/i\u003eis all the more remarkable for being the product not of observation but of imagination.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“That \u003ci\u003eThe Tiger’s Wife\u003c\/i\u003e never slips entirely into magical realism is part of its magic. . . . Its graceful commingling of contemporary realism and village legend seems even more absorbing.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Obreht, Téa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US) (Adult Fiction M-R)","offer_id":36403852837031,"sku":"","price":10.2,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/BNCImageAPI_7076c30e-3ca7-4af4-8c95-4586f0ec0fea.jpg?v=1600040122","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-tiger-s-wifebooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}