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by Ta Obreht In a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor, is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfathers recent death. Searching for clues, she turns to his worn copy of The Jungle Book and the stories he told her of his encounters over the years with the deathless man. But most extraordinary of all is the story her grandfather never told herthe legend of the tigers wife. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal O: The Oprah Magazine The Economist Vogue Slate Chicago Tribune The Seattle Times Dayton Daily News Publishers Weekly Alan Cheuse, NPRs All Things Considered SELECTED ONE OF THE TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Entertainment Weekly The Christian Science Monitor The Kansas City Star Library Journal Finalist for the 2011 National Book Award in Fiction Winner of the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction One of the New York Times Book Review's Top 10 Books of 2011