Tiger Hills: For fans of Elena Ferrante, a sweeping saga about family and fortune

Mandanna, Sarita

ISBN 10: 1409115801 ISBN 13: 9781409115809

Publisher: Orion, 2011

Synopsis

'Having sifted through everything I have heard about the tiger and his wife, I can tell you that this much is fact: in April of 1941, without declaration or warning, the German bombs started falling over the city and did not stop for three days. The tiger did not know that they were bombs...' A tiger escapes from the local zoo, padding through the ruined streets and onwards, to a ridge above the Balkan village of Galina. His nocturnal visits hold the villagers in a terrified thrall. But for one boy, the tiger is a thing of magic - Shere Khan awoken from the pages of The Jungle Book.
Natalia is the granddaughter of that boy. Now a doctor, she is visiting orphanages after another war has devastated the Balkans. On this journey, she receives word of her beloved grandfather's death, far from their home, in circumstances shrouded in mystery. From fragments of stories her grandfather told her as a child, Natalia realises he may have died searching for 'the deathless man', a vagabond who was said to be immortal. Struggling to understand why a man of science would undertake such a quest, she stumbles upon a clue that will lead her to a tattered copy of The Jungle Book, and then to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.

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Review

Lavish...Sarita Mandanna's fusion of history and romance makes for an aromatic blend. (Boyd Tonkin INDEPENDENT)

'An epic and extraordinary debut from an astonishing talent.' (Caroline Jowett DAILY EXPRESS)

Tragic in parts but ultimately a beautifully written saga, this is the emergence of a major new talent (Virgina Blackburn SUNDAY EXPRESS)

An epic love story from start to finish (BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH)

Mandanna fuses history and romance to tell a vivid story, painting pictures that reverberate in the mind. (OXFORD TIMES)

Sweet novel about a secret love. (HEAT MAGAZINE)

More than alove story, Tiger Hills explores the hazardous side of passion and the shackling grip of memory once love has been thwarted. (INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE / NEW YORK TIMES)

An epic, exotic love story...It is a blockbuster debut from Sarita Mandanna that will be in many beach bags this summer. (SANDWELL CHRONICLE)

Book Description

THE THORN BIRDS meets A SUITABLE BOY in this epic tale of a forbidden love that will last for generations. Abridged edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1409115801
• ISBN 13: 9781409115809
• Binding: Audio CD