The tiger's wife /
Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, young physician Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for "the deathless man," a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man would g...
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| Natura: | Libro |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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London :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
2011.
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| Riassunto: | Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, young physician Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for "the deathless man," a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man would go on such a farfetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife. |
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| Descrizione fisica: | 335 pages ; 22 cm |
| Premi: | Orange Prize for Fiction 2011 Winner. |
| ISBN: | 0297859013 0297859021 0753827409 9780297859017 9780297859024 9780753827406 |