I don’t know what to think of The Tiger’s Wife except the writing is extraordinary, nay uncanny in one so young (Obrent was 23 when she wrote it). I don’t think I’ve read such descriptive narrative. She draws with words; she colors with words. If she writes it, you can see it, simple as that. What did not impress me as much was the story, such as it is…a series of linked folk tales woven into the life of her the narrator’s grandfather. [4/11]
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