Posted by Rachel | Posted in Tea and Accessories | Posted on 24-07-2009
Tags: bookreviews, books, fiction, obreht,, toread
Conversation: Tea Obreht, Author of ‘The Tiger’s Wife’
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The Tiger’s Wife: A Novel $25.00 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn 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 Bookand the stories he told her of his encounters over the years with “the deathless man.&rdqu… |
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Salvage the Bones: A Novel $24.00 Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction.A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch’s father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn’t show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isn’t much to save. Lately, Esch can’t keep down what food she gets; she’… |