A fable about death, prejudice & superstition (from the villagers to the sectarian & ethnic conflict which is "about your name, the places to which your blood is anchored, the attachment of your name to some landmark or event"), and hope (Zora, Natalia & her grandfather) set in a fictional Yugoslavi...
I'm a lover of myths and folklore so I really enjoyed the stories and Obreht in my opinion tells good stories but over all the book seems to lack a plot and the ending was nothing special.
I'm a little disappointed - just a little - by this book. I think it was a terrific debut and full of beautiful writing, not to mention the introduction of one of the most original legends/characters I've heard in a while (The Deathless Man). But I also think it suffers from JSF Syndrome in that i...
A tricky book to categorise, with SO many threads (and this review will do likewise): Natalia recounts her memories of two periods in her life: childhood and a journey she makes as a young doctor in the aftermath of the breakup of Yugoslavia. These are mingled with magical-realistic stories of a gen...
I finished this book today. After I finished, I am not sure how to rate this book or if I would recommend it. It has left me pondering the story and some characters. I am going to give it a few days before I rate it.
A luxuriously written book by a young talent that makes me feel simultaneously inspired and pathetically untalented. A beautiful story about stories, history and how humans make meaning.
The authorTéa Obreht was born in 1985 in the former Yugoslavia, and spent her childhood in Cyprus and Egypt before eventually immigrating to the United States in 1997. Her writing has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper’s, Zoetrope: All-Story, The New York Times, and The Guardian,...
Originally published at my blog Chasing Empty PavementsFrom the moment I read the blurb and saw the cover of this book, I knew I wanted to read it. It sounded intriguing and exotic and I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. After reading it though, I was a more than a little disappointed. The Good: ...
Gah, I can't read this any more! It started as an interesting story, but only started! I thought finally some author form this area (Balkan) and she is not writing about damn war. But guess what after few pages war starts! Oh please! And then people ask me why don't I read books by authors from my c...
Overlaid with the trauma of the war in the Balkans, The Tiger's wife is the tale of Natalia's Grandfather, a doctor who has met both the deathless man and the tiger’s wife, two characters prominently featured in stories he has related to her over the years. He is the main thread holding the story to...
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