The Tiger's Wife

烽火下的生靈，恐懼傳說中神祕的老虎，與不能說的妻子
唯有發現真相，能啟動命運。 
承續「魔幻寫實」桂冠，第一本以「前南斯拉夫」為背景的家族故事

在動盪不息的年代裡，現實與虛幻早已模糊難辨。
作者出神入化地融合史實、故事與民間傳說，
文字典雅、神奇、秀麗，故事情節扣人心弦，兼具魔力及想像力。

年輕醫師娜塔莉亞隨慈善志工醫療隊，來到多年戰事擾攘下的前南斯拉夫，為孤兒院兒童施打疫苗，卻因當地村落的長久迷信和祕密而計畫受挫……此時驚聞外公過世惡耗，娜塔莉亞不禁悲從中來，她無法理解外公為何離家出走、客死異鄉？隨著娜塔莉亞的回憶，她從外公四歲起每年帶她去動物園看老虎，胸口總放著一本舊版燙金字的吉卜林《森林王子》，逐一記起外公對她說過的故事。

娜塔莉亞記得外公說過多年前跟「死不了的男人」見過幾次面，這位四處飄泊的男子宣稱自己不會死，也不會變老。但是有個故事外公從來沒有告訴她，卻最為精彩，她也必須自己發掘：二次大戰的一個冬夜，外公小時候的村莊被大雪包圍，甚至連逐漸逼近的德軍都無法侵入，然而村裡卻籠罩在另一股可怕的陰影之下：一隻披著黑暗外衣的老虎，愈來愈逼近村落，有位特別的姑娘愛上了老虎，成為老虎的妻子……

「兩個故事有如神祕的河流，貫穿外公生平其他情事。」作者蒂亞．歐布萊特以兼具想像力和驚人布局的敘事功力，展開一段穿越生死謎團的旅程，而故事最終的答案正等待被發現。

~~本書中文版《老虎的妻子》由時報文化出版

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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 incredible stories he told her of his encounters over the years with "the deathless man," a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. But the most extraordinary story of all is the one her grandfather never told her, the one Natalia must discover for herself-the legend of the tiger's wife.

Tea Obreht was born in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia in 1985 and has lived in the United States since the age of twelve. Her writing has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's, and The Guardian, and has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. She has been named by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty and included in the National Book Foundation's list of 5 Under 35. Tea Obreht lives in New York.

"Téa Obreht is the most thrilling literary discover in years."-Colum McCann

"Stunning...a richly textured and searing novel."-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

"[Téa Obreht] has a talent for subtle plotting that eludes most writers twice her age, and her descriptive powers suggest a kind of channeled genius.... No novel [this year] has been more satisfying."-Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal 

"Spectacular...[Obreht] spins a tale of such marvel and magic in a literary voice so enchanting that the mesmerized reader wants her never to stop. [Grade:] A"-Entertainment Weekly

"So rich with themes of love, legends and mortality that every novel that comes after it this year is in peril of falling short in comparison with its uncanny beauty...Not since Zadie Smith has a young writer arrived with such power and grace."-Time