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From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife and Inland, a magical novel of mothers and daughters, displacement and belonging, and myths both old and newThere’s the world you can see. And then there’s the one you can’t. Welcome to the Morningside.After being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-so-distant future, Silvia and her mother finally settle at the Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower in a ...

From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife and Inland, a sweeping novel of mothers and daughters, displacement and belonging, and wondrous tales of a world both fallen and new“A multifaceted gift of a novel that only Téa Obreht could conjure onto paper.”—Karen Russell, author of Orange World and Other StoriesThere’s the world you can see. And then there’s the one you can’t. Welcome to the Morningside.Aft...

When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where Silvia's aunt, Ena, has been serving as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about the family's past. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willin...

From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife and Inland, a magical novel of mothers and daughters, displacement and belonging, and myths both old and newThere’s the world you can see. And then there’s the one you can’t. Welcome to the Morningside.After being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-so-distant future, Silvia and her mother finally settle at the Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower in a ...

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When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where Silvia's aunt, Ena, serves as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her new life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about their family's past. Silvia knows almost nothing about the place she was...

Arizona, um 1890. Für Nora Lark bricht ein neuer Morgen eines viel zu heißen Sommers an. Ihre Farm ist bedroht von Dürre und mächtigen Viehzüchtern. Seit Tagen ist ihr Mann verschwunden, nachts sind die beiden älteren Söhne im Streit davon geritten. Doch Nora stehen noch weitere Prüfungen bevor, die über das Schicksal ihrer Familie entscheiden werden. Das liegt auch an Lurie, einem kleinen Ganoven, der zum Verfolgten, zum Outlaw wurde. Téa Ob...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife returns with "a bracingly epic and imaginatively mythic journey across the American West" (Entertainment Weekly).NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • Esquire • Real Simple • Good Housekeeping • Town & Country • The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • Library Journal • BookPageIn the lawless, drought-ridden lan...

Arizona-Territorium, um 1890. Ein neuer Morgen eines zu heißen Sommers bricht an für Nora Lark. Ihre Farm ist bedroht von Dürre und mächtigen Viehzüchtern, neuerdings auch, so glaubt ihr kleiner Sohn Toby, von einem monströsen Tier, das draußen umherstreift. Seit Tagen ist Noras Mann verschwunden, nachts sind die beiden älteren Söhne im Streit davongeritten, und irgendwer ist ins Brunnenhaus eingebrochen. Doch Nora stehen noch ganz andere Prüf...

The award-winning, awe-inspiring debut novel by Tea Obreht.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife returns with "a bracingly epic and imaginatively mythic journey across the American West" (Entertainment Weekly). In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives unfold. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman awaiting the return of the men in her life-her husband, who has gone in search of water for the parched household, and her elder sons,...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife returns with "a bracingly epic and imaginatively mythic journey across the American West in 1893, in which the lives of a former outlaw and a frontierswoman collide and intertwine" (Entertainment Weekly) In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives collide. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman awaiting the return of the men in her life-...

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Alles, was nötig ist, um meinen Großvater zu verstehen, liegt zwischen zwei Geschichten: der von der Tigerfrau und der von dem Mann, der nicht sterben konnte. Diese beiden Geschichten fließen wie geheime Ströme durch all die anderen Erzählungen seines Lebens - von seinen Tagen beim Militär, seiner großen Liebe zu meiner Großmutter, seinen Jahren als Chirurg und an der Uni¬versität gefürchteter Tyrann. Die eine, die ich erst nach seinem Tod zu ...

THE NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE TIGER'S WIFEA man searching for a home he can't find. A woman bound to a home she can't leave.

Téa Obreht is the author of THE TIGER'S WIFE, winner of the Orange Prize and a finalist for the National Book Award. She was born in Belgrade, in the former Yugoslavia, in 1985 and has lived in the United States since the age of twelve. She currently lives in New York City and teaches at Hunter College.

SPECTACULAR' Guardian'A WONDER' Daily Mail'SPARKLING' The Times'EXQUISITE' Observer'MAGNIFICENT' TLS'EPIC' Entertainment Weekly'A TRIUMPH' LitHub'INFECTIOUS' Financial Times'A MASTERPIECE' Sunday ExpressNORA is an unflinching frontierswoman awaiting the return of the men in her life, biding her time with her youngest son - who is convinced that a mysterious beast is stalking the land around their home - and her husband's seventeen-year-old cou...

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "Spectacular . . . [Téa Obreht] spins a tale of such marvel and magic in a literary voice so enchanting that the mesmerized reader wants her never to stop."-Entertainment Weekly Look for Téa Obreht's second novel, Inland, now available. NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times • Entertainment Weekly • The Christian Science Monitor • The Ka...

Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011