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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST bullNEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERIn a Balkan country mending from war Natalia a young doctor is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfatherrsquos recent death Searching for clues she turns to his worn copy ofThe Jungle Bookand the stories he told her of his encounters over the years with ldquothe deathless manrdquo But most extraordinary of all is the story her grandfather never told hermdashthe legend of the tigerrsquos wifeLook for special features insideJoin the Circle for author chats and moreRandomHouseReadersCirclecom



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Téa Obreht

Téa 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. Téa Obreht lives in New York.



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