Téa Obreht was born in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia in 1985 and has lived in the United States since the age of twelve. Her writing has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper’s, and The Guardian, and has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. She has been named by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty and included in the National Book Foundation’s list of 5 Under 35. Téa Obreht lives in New York.
“Stunning . . . a richly textured and searing novel.”—Michiko
Kakutani, The New York Times
“Spectacular . . . [Téa Obreht] spins a tale of such marvel and
magic in a literary voice so enchanting that the mesmerized reader
wants her never to stop. [Grade:] A”—Entertainment Weekly
“[Obreht] 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 been more
satisfying.”—The Wall Street Journal
“Filled with astonishing immediacy and presence, fleshed out with
detail that seems firsthand, The Tiger’s Wife is all the
more remarkable for being the product not of observation but of
imagination.”—The New York Times Book Review
“That The Tiger’s Wife never slips entirely into magical
realism is part of its magic. . . . Its graceful commingling of
contemporary realism and village legend seems even more
absorbing.”—The Washington Post
“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 beauty.”—Time
“Mesmerizing . . . [Tea] Obreht’s striking ability to explain the
world through stories is matched by her patience with the parts of
life—and death—that endlessly confound us.”—The Boston Globe
“Makes for a thrilling beginning to what will certainly be a great
literary career.”—Elle
“A compelling, persuasive writer, Obreht brings improbable elements
to life on the page. Better, she makes them snap together with such
magical skill that even the skeptical reader believes.”—Chicago
Sun-Times
“In Obreht’s expert hands, the novel’s mythology, while rooted in a
foreign world, comes to be somehow familiar, like the dark fairy
tales of our own youth, the kind that spooked us into reading them
again and again.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
“Obreht writes with an angel’s pen . . . creating a skein of
descriptive passages flush with apt details and ringing with
lyrical diction about city life, country life, private dreams and
public difficulties.”—NPR’s “All Things Considered”
“Gorgeous . . . one of the most extraordinary debut novels in
recent memory.”—Vogue
“Every word, every scene, every thought is blazingly alive in this
many-faceted, spellbinding, and rending novel of death, succor, and
remembrance.”—Booklist (starred review)
“A spectacular accomplishment . . . written in a wry, classical,
luxuriant style reminiscent of Tolstoy.”—Marie Claire
“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, Chicago Tribune Editor’s Choice
“Sentence by sentence, no fictional debut in 2011 was more
arresting than this novel.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Stunning . . . a richly textured and searing novel."-Michiko
Kakutani, The New York Times
"Spectacular . . . [Tea Obreht] spins a tale of such marvel and
magic in a literary voice so enchanting that the mesmerized reader
wants her never to stop. [Grade:] A"-Entertainment
Weekly
"[Obreht] 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 been more
satisfying."-The Wall Street Journal
"Filled with astonishing immediacy and presence, fleshed out with
detail that seems firsthand, The Tiger's Wife is all the
more remarkable for being the product not of observation but of
imagination."-The New York Times Book Review
"That The Tiger's Wife never slips entirely into magical realism is
part of its magic. . . . Its graceful commingling of contemporary
realism and village legend seems even more absorbing."-The
Washington Post
"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 beauty."-Time
"Mesmerizing . . . [Tea] Obreht's striking ability to explain the
world through stories is matched by her patience with the parts of
life-and death-that endlessly confound us."-The Boston
Globe
"Makes for a thrilling beginning to what will certainly be a great
literary career."-Elle
"A compelling, persuasive writer, Obreht brings improbable elements
to life on the page. Better, she makes them snap together with such
magical skill that even the skeptical reader
believes."-Chicago Sun-Times
"In Obreht's expert hands, the novel's mythology, while rooted in a
foreign world, comes to be somehow familiar, like the dark fairy
tales of our own youth, the kind that spooked us into reading them
again and again."-O: The Oprah Magazine
"Obreht writes with an angel's pen . . . creating a skein of
descriptive passages flush with apt details and ringing with
lyrical diction about city life, country life, private dreams and
public difficulties."-NPR's "All Things Considered"
"Gorgeous . . . one of the most extraordinary debut novels in
recent memory."-Vogue
"Every word, every scene, every thought is blazingly alive in this
many-faceted, spellbinding, and rending novel of death, succor, and
remembrance."-Booklist (starred review)
"A spectacular accomplishment . . . written in a wry, classical,
luxuriant style reminiscent of Tolstoy."-Marie Claire
"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, Chicago Tribune Editor's
Choice
"Sentence by sentence, no fictional debut in 2011 was more
arresting than this novel."-Cleveland Plain
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