The author of THE TIGER'S WIFE returns with a story about a young girl and the mysterious residents of a luxury tower block in a dying world
Téa Obreht Book order
September 30, 1985
Téa Obreht crafts narratives that delve into intricate family dynamics and the lingering mysteries of the past, often set against the backdrop of post-conflict societies. Her prose is characterized by a lyrical quality and evocative language that draws readers deeply into her stories. Through her writing, she explores themes of memory, identity, and the indelible connection between generations. Obreht masterfully builds atmosphere and creates characters that resonate long after the final page.
- 2024
- 2019
Inland : From the award-winning author of The Tiger's Wife
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
A MAN SEARCHING FOR A HOME HE CAN'T FIND. A WOMAN BOUND TO A HOME SHE CAN'T LEAVE. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman awaiting the return of the men in her life, biding her time with her youngest son - who is convinced that a mysterious beast is stalking the land around their home - and her husband's seventeen-year-old cousin, who communes with spirits. Lurie is a former outlaw and a man haunted by ghosts. He sees lost souls who want something from him, and he finds reprieve from their longing in an unexpected relationship that inspires a momentous expedition across the West.
- 2019
Inland
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
THE NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE TIGER'S WIFEA man searching for a home he can't find. A woman bound to a home she can't leave.
- 1988
'Having sifted through everything I have heard about the tiger and his wife, I can tell you that this much is fact: in April of 1941, without declaration or warning, the German bombs started falling over the city and did not stop for three days. The tiger did not know that they were bombs...' A tiger escapes from the local zoo, padding through the ruined streets and onwards, to a ridge above the Balkan village of Galina. His nocturnal visits hold the villagers in a terrified thrall. But for one boy, the tiger is a thing of magic - Shere Khan awoken from the pages of The Jungle Book. Natalia is the granddaughter of that boy. Now a doctor, she is visiting orphanages after another war has devastated the Balkans. On this journey, she receives word of her beloved grandfather's death, far from their home, in circumstances shrouded in mystery. From fragments of stories her grandfather told her as a child, Natalia realises he may have died searching for 'the deathless man', a vagabond who was said to be immortal. Struggling to understand why a man of science would undertake such a quest, she stumbles upon a clue that will lead her to a tattered copy of The Jungle Book, and then to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.
