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The Tiger's Wife
Book • 2010
The Tiger's Wife is a novel that explores the complex relationship between a young doctor named Natalia and her recently deceased grandfather, a celebrated doctor.
The story weaves together tales of a 'deathless man' and a deaf-mute girl known as the 'Tiger's Wife', set in a fictionalized Balkan country.
Through these narratives, Obreht delves into themes of family, war, and the power of storytelling.
The story weaves together tales of a 'deathless man' and a deaf-mute girl known as the 'Tiger's Wife', set in a fictionalized Balkan country.
Through these narratives, Obreht delves into themes of family, war, and the power of storytelling.
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as her debut novel, which won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction.


Téa Obreht

20.32: Revision and Character Consciousness Téa Obreht
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as a book he wrote in his early twenties that became a huge bestseller.

Philipp Meyer

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