title: The Tiger's Wife: A Novel
author:  Ta Obreht 
description: <u><b>Praise for <i>The Tigers Wife</i></b>:</u><br /><br /><b><i>New York Times</i>  5 Best books (fiction) of 2011 </b><br /> <b><i>New York Times</i>  Michikos top 10 books of 2011 </b><br /> <b><i>New York Times</i>  100 Notable Books of 2011 </b><br /> <b>NPR / All Things Considered  Alan Cheuses top 5 novels of 2011 </b><br /> <b><i>O, the Oprah Magazine</i>  2011 Best Books </b><br /> <b><i>Entertainment Weekly</i>  Top 10 books (Fiction) of 2011 </b><br /> <b><i>Esquire</i>  2011 round-up </b><br /> <b><i>The Economist</i>  2011 Best of Books </b><br /> <b>Vogue.com  2011 Best of Books list </b><br /> <b>Slate.com  2011 Best of Books list</b><br /> <b><i>Christian Science Monitor</i>  Top 10 books (Fiction) of 2011 </b><br /> <b><i>Publishers Weekly </i> Top 100 books of year</b><br /> <b><i>Library Journal</i>  top 10 books of 2011 </b><br /> <b><i>Seattle Times</i>  32 of the Years Best Books</b><br /> <b><i>Kansas City Star</i>  Top 10 Books of 2011 </b><br /><br /> <br />Of the books I read this year by people Ive never laid eyes on, the most peculiar and brilliant may have been <i>The Tigers Wife</i>, by Ta 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. Lorrie Moore, <i>New Yorker</i> online <br /><br />StunningObreht 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<br /> <br />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 ObrehtA 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> Editors Choice<br /> <br /> Sentence by sentence, no fictional debut in 2011 was more arresting than this novel.  <i>Cleveland Plain Dealer</i> Holiday Books Round-up<br /><br />[A] brilliant debut[Ta] 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. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review <br /><br />Not even Obrehts 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 beautyEvery word, every scene, every thought is blazingly alive in this many-faceted, spellbinding, and rending novel of death, succor, and remembrance.  <i>Booklist</i>, starred review <br /><br />Dizzyingly nuanced yet crisp, [and] muscularly writtenThis 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.<br /> <i>Library Journal</i>, starred review <br /><br />A cracking, complex, gorgeously wrought saga that resonates as a meditation on life, loveand our responsibility to the stories we inherit from our grandparentsObreht is a natural literary descendant of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.<i>The Tigers Wife</i> is an original and wonderful novelIt makes for a thrilling beginning to what will certainly be a great literary career.  Kate Christensen, <i>Elle </i><br /><br />Deftly walks the line between the realistic and the fantasticalIn Obrehts expert hands, the novels 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.  <i>O: The Oprah Magazine</i><br /><br />Ta Obreht is the most thrilling literary discovery in years. Colum McCann<br /><br />A novel of surpassing beauty, exquisitely wrought and magical. Ta Obreht is a towering new talent.T. C. Boyle<br /><br />A marvel of beauty and imagination. Ta Obreht is a tremendously talented writer.Ann Patchett<br /><br />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 showinessI opened <i>The Tigers Wife</i> prepared to empathize with [Ta] Obrehts youth, and to temper my reaction if the novel didnt, 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 Garca MarquezAfter a few pages I forgot her age entirely except to marvel at the precocity of her works vast intelligence, at the beauty of her descriptive prose, at her authoritative voice, and her controlled mastery of a complex narrative<i>The Tigers Wife</i> is an original and wonderful novelIt makes for a thrilling beginning to what will certainly be a great literary career.  Kate Christensen, reviewing for <i>Elle</i><br /> <br />One of the most extraordinary debut novels of recent memoryA gorgeous farrago of stories in which realism collides with myth, superstition with empirical fact, and allegory with historyObreht elides the sentimental Chagall villages that other writers have made of Eastern Europe, crafting instead something far more ambitious, and universal: an apotheosis of storytelling as a bulwark against brutality  and a balm for grief.  <i>Vogue</i><br /> <br /> Written in a wry, classical, luxuriant style reminiscent of Tolstoy [<i>The Tigers Wife</i>] would be a spectacular accomplishment under any circumstance, but the fact that Obreht is only 25 years old makes the whole thing downright supernatural.  <i>Marie Claire</i> <br /> <br /> Deftly walks the line between the realistic and the fantasticalIn Obrehts expert hands, the novels 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.  <i>O: The Oprah Magazine</i><br /> <br />This stunning debut novel reads like a Balkan <i>Arabian Nights</i>. <b> </b><i>Good Housekeeping</i><br /><br />Ta Obrehts stunning debut novel, <i>The Tigers Wife</i>, is a hugely ambitious, audaciously written work[She] writes with remarkable authority and eloquence, and she demonstrates an uncommon ability to move seamlessly between the gritty realm of the real and the more primary-colored world of the fableIts not so much magical realism in the tradition of Gabriel Garca Marquez or Gnter Grass as it is an extraordinarily limber exploration of allegory and mythA richly textured and searing novel.<br />  Michiko Kakutani, <i>The New York Times</i><br /> <br /> <br /> Ta Obrehts <i>The Tigers Wife</i> comes freighted with more critical anticipation than any debut novel in recent memoryThat sort of unearned, pre-emptive prestige spurs both impossible expectations and skeptical readings  a burden that would doom most first novels. Yet <i>The Tigers Wife</i>, in its solemn beauty and unerring execution, fully justifies the accolades that Ms. Obrehts short fiction inspired. She 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 seemed more likely to disappoint; no novel has been more satisfying.<br />  <i>The Wall Street Journal </i><br /> <br /> <br /> [A] spectacular debut novel[Obreht] spins a tale of such marvel and magic in a literary voice so enchanting the mesmerized reader wants her never to stop.Obreht will make headlines as one of the most exciting new writers of her generation, a young artist with the maturity and grace that comes of knowing where one is from, and of honoring those who came before.<br />  <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> (Grade: A) <br /> <br /> <br /> So rich with themes of love, legends and mortality that every novel that comes after it this year is in peril of falling short in comparison with its uncanny beautyNot since Zadie Smith has a young writer arrived with such power and grace.[An] astounding debut novel. <br />  <i>Time Magazine</i> <br /> <br /> <br /> Ingeniously, Obreht juxtaposes [her protagonists] matter-of-fact narration with contemporary folk tales that are as simple, enthralling, and sometimes brutal as fables by Kipling or DinesenFilled with astonishing immediacy and presence, fleshed out with detail that seems firsthand, <i>The Tigers Wife</i> is all the more remarkable for being a product not of observation but imagination.Arrestingly, Obreht shows that you dont have to go back centuries to find history transformed into myth; the process can occur within a lifetime is a gifted observer is on hand to record it.<br />  Liesl Schillinger, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>, cover review <br /> <br /> <br /> Astonishingly assuredfull of vivid, dreamlike sequencesObrehts mesmerizing writing is key to the novel, which succeeds through a kind of harmonic resonance...Obrehts striking ability to explain the world through stories is matched by her patience with the parts of life  and death  that endlessly confound us.<br />  <i>The Boston Globe</i><br /> <i></i><br /> <br /> Deliver[s] the kind of truth history cant touchWell-deserved praise [for <i>The Tigers Wife</i>] has been accumulating ever since Obreht published a chapter in <i>The New Yorker</i> almost two years ago, and now that we have the whole, its graceful commingling of contemporary realism and village legend seems even more absorbingThat <i>The Tigers Wife</i> never slips entirely into magical realism is part of its magic  its agile play with tragic material and with usConveyed in storytelling this enchanting, its the life you remember. <br />  Ron Charles, <i>The Washington Post</i> <br /> <br /> <br /> A terrifically involving knot of legend and historyObreht is at once a controlled prose stylist and a consummate yarn spinner, and its difficult not to fall for her.<br />  <i>Time Out New York</i> (5 of 5 stars)<br /> <br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
zlib_text: Text copyright ©2018 by the Author.
  This work was made possible by a special license through the Kindle Worlds publishing program and
  has not necessarily been reviewed by Latin Goddess Press, Inc.. All characters, scenes, events, plots
  and related elements appearing in the original Paranormal Dating Agency remain the exclusive
  copyrighted and/or trademarked property of Latin Goddess Press, Inc., or their affiliates or licensors.
  For more information on Kindle Worlds: http://www.amazon.com/kindleworlds
  
   
   
   
   
   
  Catch A Tiger
  (A Standalone Novella within Milly Taiden’s PDA Kindle World)
   
  By Nicole Morgan
   
   
   
  PARANORMAL EROTIC ROMANCE
  
  PDA (Paranormal Dating Agency)
  Geraldine Wilder is an interspecies matchmaker with a 100% success rate. Human, feline, canine, bear, dragon or alien – Gerri can help
  anyone find their perfect match. But every relationship, especially an interspecies romance, has obstacles to overcome. What forces are
  standing in the way of someone’s Happily Ever After?