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Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Téa Obreht has crafted a timeless novel that showcases her as one of the most vibrant authors of her generation. In a Balkan country healing from conflict, Natalia, a young doctor, arrives at an orphanage by the sea on a mission of mercy. As she and her lifelong friend Zóra begin to inoculate the children, age-old superstitions and secrets begin to surface around them. These secrets involve a mysterious family digging in the vineyards and are intertwined with the landscape itself. Simultaneously, Natalia grapples with her own painful mystery: the circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s recent death. After telling her grandmother he was en route to meet Natalia, he instead traveled to an unknown settlement and died alone. A renowned physician, he must have known he was too ill to travel, making his departure a riddle Natalia feels compelled to solve. Grieving and searching for clues, she reflects on the stories he shared during her childhood, including tales of “the deathless man,” a vagabond claiming immortality. The most extraordinary tale, however, is one her grandfather never told her, involving a snowbound village during World War II haunted by a tiger. Ultimately, Natalia discovers that these stories run like secret rivers through her grandfather’s life, leading her to the answers she seeks.
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The Tiger´s Wife, Téa Obreht
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2011
- Einband
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- The Tiger´s Wife
- Autor*innen
- Téa Obreht
- Verlag
- Phoenix
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2011
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 340
- ISBN10
- 1780220790
- ISBN13
- 9781780220796
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Liebe, Familie, Kriegsliteratur, Kriege, Tod, Erinnerungen, Mythologie, Vergangenheit, Magischer Realismus, Familiengeheimnisse, Sinn des Lebens, Jugoslawien, Balkan, Großvater, Unsterblichkeit, Tiger, Balkan-Kriege
- Originaltitel
- The Tiger´s Wife
- Bewertung
- 3,4 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Téa Obreht has crafted a timeless novel that showcases her as one of the most vibrant authors of her generation. In a Balkan country healing from conflict, Natalia, a young doctor, arrives at an orphanage by the sea on a mission of mercy. As she and her lifelong friend Zóra begin to inoculate the children, age-old superstitions and secrets begin to surface around them. These secrets involve a mysterious family digging in the vineyards and are intertwined with the landscape itself. Simultaneously, Natalia grapples with her own painful mystery: the circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s recent death. After telling her grandmother he was en route to meet Natalia, he instead traveled to an unknown settlement and died alone. A renowned physician, he must have known he was too ill to travel, making his departure a riddle Natalia feels compelled to solve. Grieving and searching for clues, she reflects on the stories he shared during her childhood, including tales of “the deathless man,” a vagabond claiming immortality. The most extraordinary tale, however, is one her grandfather never told her, involving a snowbound village during World War II haunted by a tiger. Ultimately, Natalia discovers that these stories run like secret rivers through her grandfather’s life, leading her to the answers she seeks.