The Tiger's Wife
American novelist, born 1985. Won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2011.
The Tiger's Wife is a 2010 novel by Téa Obreht. It won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2011.
In magical realism, family saga
On 2 of the 14 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Téa Obreht
- First published
- 2010
- Length
- 368 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Women's Prize for Fiction winner, 2011
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 2011
- Genre
- Literary fiction, War and conflict, Magical realism, Family saga
Is The Tiger's Wife worth reading?
2 of the 14 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Women's Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 2011) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2011) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of The Tiger's Wife
The edition we link to is the W&N paperback (2019), 368 pages.
- Publisher
- W&N (paperback, 2019)
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN
- 9781474613811
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Tiger's Wife
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 42% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Tiger's Wife
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