Obreht, Téa

Obreht draws upon plausible dystopian and postapocalyptic futures and strong elements from Serbian folktales, as well as magical realism. The result is a strange, almost dreamlike novel, distinctive for its memorable characters and beautiful writing.

National Book Award finalist Obreht (The Tiger’s Wife) suspensefully reimagines an extraordinary American West filled with larger-than-life characters, imaginary marauding beasts, and ghosts who commune with the living. [See Prepub Alert, 2/4/19.]

Natalia tells stories of her growing up in a country divided by the arbitrary borders of ethnicity and war and describes the difficulty of living there...