Some stories you hear should be carefully kept in the depths of your soul. Once upon a time there lived a girl who loved tigers so much that she almost turned into a tigress... Once upon a time there lived a man who could not die. He became immortal as a punishment for receiving the gift of a healer and becoming a great doctor... Once upon a time there lived a tiger who felt lonely and also really wanted to eat, but he was neither a predator nor a hunter... Once upon a time Once upon a time there was a young man raised by a bear... These strange stories are reminiscent of secret underground rivers that seep through the soil. They permeate everything in this novel, a magnificent saga about a family living in the grip of memories. The novel "The Tiger's Wife" became a literary sensation and within a year was on the bestseller lists of such leading American and European publications as the New York Times, Publishers Weekly ", "Library Journal", "Elle", "Vouge".