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December 7, 2011

Tea Obreht and The Tiger’s Wife: A Magical Moment

We may not pay much thought to it, but Eastern Europe is quite the loaded term. The ‘Eastern’ is the kicker. It suggests an ‘us’ vs. ‘them.’ A certain distance between this and that. Such a setting may deter some authors who are searching for a more accessible backdrop, but it is precisely in this landscape that Obreht drops us into her visionary tale.