The Tiger's Wife is the debut novel of American writer Téa Obreht. It was published in 2011 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, a British imprint of Orion Books, and by Random House in America.[1] Set in mid 20th-century to early 21st century Balkans, it explores inter-generational dynamics between members of a medical family, and how they were involved in several wars throughout the timeframe.
Obreht won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction for The Tiger's Wife,[3] becoming the youngest winner of the prize to date, at age 25.[3] The novel was finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction[4] and the Dylan Thomas Prize.[5]
