Well, the coverage is everywhere for Tea Obreht and her fine new novel The Tiger’s Wife. With luck, you’ve seen DH’s triptych of reflective reviews and read his interview with TO. If that’s not enough, here are a few more quotes to entice you:
- “A novel of surpassing beauty, exquisitely wrought and magical. Tea Obreht is a towering new talent.” — T.C. Boyle
- “The Tiger’s Wife is a marvel of beauty and imagination. Téa Obreht is a tremendously talented writer.” — Ann Patchett
- “Téa Obreht is the most thrilling literary discovery in years.” — Colum McCann
- “[Obrent] writes with remarkable authority and eloquence, and she demonstrates an uncommon ability to move seamlessly between the gritty realm of the real and the more primary-colored world of the fable.” — Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
- “Tea Obreht fuses mystery, middle-European myth and the dismal realities of civil war to bring The Tiger’s Wife, her amazing first novel, to life.” Kit Reed, Chicago Sun-Times
Happy now? Not as happy as you’ll be when you finally pick a copy and read it. To that end, the gracious folks at Random House have provided Three Guys One Book five copies to give away to our readers. To win a copy simply comment on this post, and I’ll pick five winners at random on Monday morning. Just to keep things moving along, give us the title and author of a great book by an author younger than thirty-five. Shouldn’t be too hard, but here’s help if you need it… I’ll start with Philip Roth’s Goodbye Columbus.
24 Responses to “The Tiger's Wife Giveaway”
March 11, 2011
FsesusanBeauty, magic and imagination have been lacking in a lot of novels I’ve read in the past few years – I’m intrigued!
March 11, 2011
dogboiMark Z. Danielewski was 34 when he published House of Leaves.
March 11, 2011
Jason ChambersThanks J.E. I don’t know House of Leaves, so I had to check it out. Here’s a link for others in the same boat:
House of Leaves
March 11, 2011
FsesusanCapote was only 24 when he wrote “Other Voices, Other Rooms” – amazing
March 11, 2011
Clifford GarstangEverything Matters! by Ron Currie Jr.
March 11, 2011
AmycreaJennifer Egan was under 35 when she published her first novel.
March 11, 2011
margositaA favorite of mine is “The God of Animals” by Aryn Kyle.
March 11, 2011
ABookishMindMichael Chabon’s Wonder Boys was published when he was 32.
March 11, 2011
Matthew SalessesPaul Yoon, Once the Shore.
March 11, 2011
peterwknoxAs an unrepentant HST fan, I still can’t get over how he wrote The Rum Diary at 22.
However, David Foster Wallace writing Infinite Jest, published when he was 34, would be my favorite example of greatness.
March 11, 2011
Robert StuartMy Happy Life by Lydia Millet
March 11, 2011
Steph VanderMeulenI’m dying to read this, very curious, and I can’t lie and say it has nothing to do with the fact she’s so young. My boss and I had a tug of war over it when it arrived, and she won.
But I won the last book here, so I probably shouldn’t enter this contest, too!
March 11, 2011
Jason Chambersgive us a book anyway steph, just to give us some more great books to think about.
March 11, 2011
Patrick T. KilgallonStephen King was 27 when he published Carrie, a classic. I love the opening scene of a middle school desk in which the vicious message carved was ‘Carrie, eat shit.’
March 11, 2011
GinaLaura van den Berg’s short story collection, What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us.
Heartbreaking, captivating, lyrical. Throw book review catch phrases at this book and they will all apply.
http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780976717775
March 11, 2011
Jessica MJonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I’m reading it now and love it so far. And of course, to go with Foer there is Nicole Krauss and History of Love, published when she was 31 (I think).
March 12, 2011
AnonymousOK, I have to go with PERMISSION TO SPEAK FREELY by Anne Jackson. She’s 31
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March 12, 2011
Robert SwartwoodStewart O’Nan was thirty-three when SNOW ANGELS was published.
http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312427696
March 12, 2011
David AbramsGreat book? Author under 35? My mind turns immediately to Flannery O’Connor and “Wise Blood,” published when she was 27.
March 12, 2011
sakuraDonna Tartt published The Secret History when she was 29.
March 13, 2011
Joshua SmithEmbarrassed to say I wasn’t familiar with this book until reading this. Sounds great though.
My under 35 pick would be The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich.
March 15, 2011
Steph VanderMeulenOkay, so under 35 for me will be The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. She was 23. I’m sure I have so many others…
The Withdrawal Method by Pasha Malla. He was 30. One Bird’s Choice by Iain Reid. He was 29. And Sloane Crosley. Love her books. She was 30 when I Was Told There’d Be Cake came out. Check out the NYT book 20 under 40, too. There are some under 35! http://www.amazon.ca/20-Under-40-Deborah-Treisman/dp/0374532877/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300152435&sr=8-1
March 16, 2011
mietteSamuel Beckett was 32 when he published Murphy, a fact that has me hanging my head in older-than-32* shame. (* = but only just barely!)
March 16, 2011
HilaryCharlotte Bronte was about 30 when she published “Jane Eyre,” which I just finished reading for the first time and LOVED!