The Tiger's Wife A Novel

Set in an unnamed Balkan country mending from war, the story follows Natalia, a young doctor, who is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of her beloved grandfather, a man of science. Searching for clues, she turns to his worn copy of *The Jungle Book* and the stories he told her of 'the deathless man,' a vagabond said to be immortal. Most extraordinary of all is the legend her grandfather never told her: the tale of 'the tiger's wife.' This story, which blends fact and folklore, tells of a deaf-mute woman in a village terrorized by a tiger that escaped a bombed-out zoo during the war. Weaving together family legend, magical realism, and a history spanning the mid-20th to the early 21st century, Natalia's quest for the truth about her grandfather's final days becomes a journey to understand his life and the power of storytelling to cope with grief and war's aftermath.

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