07301cam a2200565 4500 235810235 TxAuBib 20140807120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780679604365 0679604367 B004EPZ6CE Amazon 0e6d32db-effc-462d-b4ba-1b6dc100115d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 481447 OverDrive (Product ID) 123952 481447 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Obreht, Téa. The Tiger's Wife [Libby] : A Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2215kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML:"Of the books I read this year by people I've never laid eyes on, the most peculiar and brilliant may have been <i>The Tiger's Wife</i>, by Téa Obreht. Constructed from anecdote and fable, it is sometimes written in a kind of medical poetry, its main characters being doctors whose attention to the permeable line between life and death suits the tales of old and new Yugoslavia that Obreht wishes to tell.". HTML:Lorrie Moore, <i>New Yorker</i> online. HTML:"Stunning...Obreht writes with an angel's pen on this tiger's tale within the novel, and on myriad other matters, from birth, death and immortality, creating a skein of descriptive passages flush with brilliant detail and ringing with lyrical diction."--NPR.org, Alan Cheuse's Top 5 Fiction Picks of 2011 "Attention all book groups: <i>The Tiger's Wife</i> is an ideal book for discussion, and not only because of the handy reader's guide included, or because of the nifty conversation between Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan and Tea Obreht...A beguiling blend of realism, myth and legend, this novel possesses a presence and force, essential ingredients for a novel that is very much rooted in reality yet transcends time." --Elizabeth Taylor, <i>Chicago Tribune</i> Editor's Choice "Sentence by sentence, no fictional debut in 2011 was more arresting than this novel.". HTML:<i>Cleveland Plain Dealer</i> Holiday Books Round-up. "[A] brilliant debut...[Téa] Obreht is an expert at depicting history through aftermath, people through the love they inspire, and place through the stories that endure; the reflected world she creates is both immediately recognizable and a legend in its own right. Obreht is talented far beyond her years, and her unsentimental faith in language, dream, and memory is a pleasure.". HTML:<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review. HTML:"Not even Obreht's place on <i>The New Yorker</i>'s current "20 Under 40" list of exceptional writers will prepare readers for the transporting richness and surprise of this gripping novel of legends and loss...[Contains] moments of breathtaking magic, wildness and beauty...Every word, every scene, every thought is blazingly alive in this many-faceted, spellbinding, and rending novel of death, succor, and remembrance.". HTML:<i>Booklist</i>, starred review. HTML:"Dizzyingly nuanced yet crisp, [and] muscularly written...This complex, humbling, and beautifully crafted debut from one of <i>The New Yorker's</i> 20 Under 40 is highly recommended for anyone seriously interested in contemporary fiction.". HTML:<i>Library Journal</i>, starred review. HTML:"A cracking, complex, gorgeously wrought saga that resonates as a meditation on life, love...and our responsibility to the stories we inherit from our grandparents...Obreht is a natural literary descendant of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Gabriel Garcia Marquez....<i>The Tiger's Wife</i> is an original and wonderful novel...It makes for a thrilling beginning to what will certainly be a great literary career.". HTML:Kate Christensen, <i>Elle</i>. "Deftly walks the line between the realistic and the fantastical...In Obreht's expert hands, the novel's mythology, while rooted in a foreign world, comes to seem somehow familiar, like the dark fairy tales of our own youth, the kind that spooked us into reading them again and again...[Reveals] oddly comforting truths about death, belief in the impossible, and the art of letting go.". HTML:<i>O: The Oprah Magazine</i>. "Téa Obreht is the most thrilling literary discovery in years.". Colum McCann. "A novel of surpassing beauty, exquisitely wrought and magical. Téa Obreht is a towering new talent.". T. C. Boyle. "A marvel of beauty and imagination. Téa Obreht is a tremendously talented writer.". Ann Patchett. HTML:"It is difficult, maybe impossible, when reading a hotly anticipated first novel by a celebrated 25-year-old-writer, not to think about her age, to subconsciously search for evidence of callowness, inexperience and showiness...I opened <i>The Tiger's Wife</i> prepared to empathize with [Téa] Obreht's youth, and to temper my reaction if the novel didn't, as a whole, stand up to the expectations and hype. Because, really how could it? But the book does, and then some. Obreht is a natural literary descendant of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Gabriel García Marquez.. HTML:<i>O: The Oprah Magazine</i>. HTML:<p><b>NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST</b></p> <ul> <li><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER<br /> <br /> 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 <i>The Jungle Book</i>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.<br /> <br /> Look for special features inside.<br /> Join the Circle for author chats and more.<br /> RandomHouseReadersCircle.com</li> </ul>. Media Type: eBook. National Book Award Finalist. Notable Books for Adults. 10 Best Books of 2011. 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