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WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 'Not since Zadie Smith has a young writer arrived with such power and grace' Time 'A marvel of beauty and imagination' Ann Patchett A tiger escapes from the local zoo, padding through the ruined streets and onwards, to a ridge above the Balkan village of...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST The instant classic debut novel from the author of Inland and The Morningside, hailed as “a thrilling beginning to what will certainly be a great literary career” (Elle) “Spectacular . . . [Téa Obreht] spins a tale of such...

There's the world you can see. And then there's the one you can't. Welcome to The Morningside. 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...

A VANITY FAIR, NEW YORK MAGAZINE, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY AND LIT HUB 'MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2019' 'A TREMENDOUSLY TALENTED WRITER' Ann Patchett 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...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR “A bracingly epic and imaginatively mythic journey across the American West” (Entertainment Weekly), from the celebrated author of The Tiger’s Wife and The Morningside “Obreht’s simple but rich prose...

“A touching, inventive novel about belonging and loss” (People) from the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife and Inland “I marveled at the subtle beauty and precision of Obreht’s prose. . . Read in the context of today’s conflicts and injustices...

Three lives, one hundred years, one ghost town: an explosive novel about a mysterious place called Sunrise, where the secrets of the past refuse to stay buried, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife “I’ve loved every book Téa Obreht has written but I might love...