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Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Téa Obreht, the youngest of The New Yorker’s twenty best American fiction writers under forty, has spun a timeless novel that will establish her as one of the most vibrant, original authors of her generation. In a Balkan country mending from years of conflict, Natalia, a young doctor, arrives on a mission of mercy at an orphanage by the sea. By the time she and her lifelong friend Zóra begin to inoculate the children there, she feels age-old superstitions and secrets gathering everywhere around her. Secrets her outwardly cheerful hosts have chosen not to tell her. Secrets…

Некоторые услышанные истории следует бережно хранить в глубинах своей души. Когда-то жила-была девушка, которая так сильно любила тигров, что сама почти превратилась в тигрицу... Когда-то жил-был человек, который не мог умереть. Он стал бессмертным в наказание за то, что получил дар целителя и стал великим врачом... Когда-то жил-был тигр, который чувствовал себя одиноким и к тому же очень хотел есть, но он не был ни хищником, ни охотником... Когда-то жил-был юноша, воспитанный медведем... Эти странные истории напоминают потайные подземные реки, которые просачиваются сквозь почву. Они пронизывают все в этом романе, великолепной саге о…

In a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor, is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s recent death. Searching for clues, she turns to his worn copy of The Jungle Book and the stories he told her of his encounters over the years with “the deathless man.” But most extraordinary of all is the story her grandfather never told her—the legend of the tiger’s wife.

Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Téa Obreht, the youngest of The New Yorker's twenty best American fiction writers under forty, has spun a timeless novel that will establish her as one of the most vibrant, original authors of her generation. In a Balkan country mending from years of conflict, Natalia, a young doctor, arrives on a mission of mercy at an orphanage by the sea. By the time she and her lifelong friend Zóra begin to inoculate the children there, she feels age-old superstitions and secrets gathering everywhere around her. Secrets her outwardly cheerful hosts have chosen not to tell her. Secrets…