'This book is a beaut.'

– Cecelia Ahern, author of P.S. I Love You

'Enhanced by enchanting pencil illustrations, best-selling Italian writer Tamaro’s beguiling parable is a paean to the power of friendship and a testament to the resiliency of the individual spirit, whatever form the body takes.'

– Booklist

'Susanna Tamaro's prose is soft and welcoming while still indulging in the fantastical, which illuminates and enlivens this testament to the beauty and power of nature and innocence.'

– World Literature Today

'Slim but powerful, The Tiger and the Acrobat is rich with reflections on purpose and meditations on what it means to be oneself.'

– Shelf Awareness

'Joyful and profound.'

– Il Piccolo

'Clear, razor-sharp prose.'

– Corriere della Sera

'A poetic and luminous modern fairy tale, imbued with love, tenderness, passion for life…an ode to the human heart.'

– Famiglia Cristina

'Tamaro leads us by the hand to the centre of the world, passing through hope and the essence of happiness.'

– Eco di Bergamo

'A story that rotates around the meaning of freedom.'

– Gazzetta del sud