The tiger's wife : a novel
Title:
The tiger's wife : a novel
Author:
Obreht, Téa.
ISBN:
9780385343831
Publication Information:
New York : Random House, 2011
Physical Description:
337 p. ; 22 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, young physician Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for "the deathless man," a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man would go on such a farfetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.
Subject:
| Women physicians -- Fiction |
| Orphanages -- Fiction |
| Grandparent and child -- Fiction |
| Family secrets -- Fiction |
| Balkan Peninsula -- Fiction |
Summary:
Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, young physician Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for "the deathless man," a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man would go on such a farfetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.