Genre: realistic
Published: 2010
Personal rating: 5/5
Yearly count: 5
The time: the present. The place: a Balkan country ravaged by years of conflict. Natalia, a young doctor, is on a mission of mercy to an orphanage when she receives word of her beloved grandfather's death far from their home under circumstances shrouded in confusion. Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for "the deathless man," a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man, would go on such a farfetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.
How to review The Tiger’s Wife? It’s hard to put a label on this book, let alone explain exactly how this story engages the reader. It’s a powerful book, with lots of story strands that are told in a meandering yet somehow logical way. This book has so many layers, stories within stories that are all connected in a way that you don’t fully understand until you have read the last sentence.
When the book was finished, I was left behind still not knowing everything and being content with that. It resonated with something deep inside of me, was always on my mind when I wasn’t reading it, and I found myself slowing down so I could savor it longer. It is certainly a story that will stay with me for a good long time. I cannot recommend it enough.
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