The Tiger's Wife
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| Author | Téa Obreht |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Robin Sachs Susan Duerden |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK) Random House (US) |
Publication date | 3 March 2011 (UK) 8 March 2011 (US) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover), ebook, audiobook |
| Pages | 337 pp (hardcover 1st ed.) |
| ISBN | 9780297859017 (hardcover 1st ed.) 9780385343831 (hardcover US ed.) |
| OCLC | 551199480 |
| LC Class | PS3615.B73 T54 2011 |
The Tiger's Wife is the debut novel of American writer Téa Obreht. It was published in 2011 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, a British imprint of Orion Books, in the United Kingdom and by Random House in the United States. Set in mid 20th-century to early 21st-century Balkans, it explores inter-generational dynamics between members of a medical family, and how they were involved in several wars throughout the timeframe.
Obreht won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction for The Tiger's Wife, becoming the youngest winner of the prize to date, at age 25. The novel was finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and the Dylan Thomas Prize.