The Tiger's Wife (Random House, 388 pp.), a debut novel by young Serbian-born literary star T茅a Obreht, was one of the most highly anticipated fiction releases of 2011. And Obreht鈥檚 magical story of a physician investigating her grandfather鈥檚 past in an unnamed Balkan country did not disappoint. Obreht 鈥渒nows the magic of the words: 鈥榣et me tell you a story,鈥 鈥 wrote Monitor critic Yvonne Zipp. (CSMonitor.com, 3/18/11)