Set in a fictional, unnamed Balkan country, Tea Obreht’s debut novel, The Tiger’s Wife, is a masterful mix of recent history, violence, and folklore of the Balkan region. When Natalia is left to solve the riddle of her grandfather’s death, she finds clues in the folklore and stories her grandfather shared with her as a child. Obreht was born in Serbia
(formerly Yugoslavia) and is the youngest recipient of the Orange Prize for fiction.
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