What a sweet gem of a story contained in a rather short book. The writing is lyrical and dreamlike. Much wisdom is imparted within each chapter. It begs the reader to ponder their own experiences in relation to those of the Tiger. The story is one of curiosity, wonder, introspection, discovery, fear, trust, solitude, betrayal, love and affection. What does it take to follow your dreams and remain true to yourself?

Such sweetness in a beautiful and touching story for a not so perfect world.

I am grateful to author Susanna Tamaro, One World Publications and LibraryThing Early Reviewers for having provided a free uncorrected advance reader's copy of this book. Their generosity, however, did not influence this review - the words of which are mine alone. ( )

This was a lovely fantasy novella . It's about the long adventurous life of a Siberian tiger. We meet her as a cub and watch her go through life trying to find her purpose. I enjoyed this book . ( )

Each chapter holds pearls of wisdom, and for me, this book is a quiet read. It steps away from the vulgarities of life all the while exploring the true meaning of life and death.

Filled with courage, innocence, trust and the idea of following ones dreams, readers are treated with a story that is easy to read and endearing to the heart. Follow Little Tiger on her journey as she remains true to her heart and follows her dreams.

Thank you to Librarything for the advanced reader copy. ( )

"The Tiger And The Acrobat is a story of a small tiger that loves the liberty, and is curious by the environment around it.
This tiger is not a common animal because it does not accept the destiny, it wants to decide its destiny.
The first meeting is with a good man, he is not like the others, he is a herem and he refuses his similars.
Between them there is a true friendship, there is feeling and the man will die for his little tiger, to save his life.
This tiger does not want to be free but it wants to know where the sun is born, the liberty will have a high cost other than the death of its friend.
The second meeting is with the little acrobat, a teen who loves the tigers, he will speak with our tiger, and he will give her the liberty.
In the middle of the book there is a philosophical debate on the sense of death, the animals accept the death because they are not able to think about their future, the human being is afraid of the death because he will leave the known for the unknown, and they does not need the necessity to know if an action is right or wrong, they will act according to the nature.
The nature is cruel, thanks to the freedom and with the meeting with the humans, it will go against this law, because it does not need more to eat, and it will reflect on the meaning of the life and the beauty of our world and the afterlife." ( )

A little tiger is born into the Siberian taiga, and she and her brother spend their first few years absorbing the wisdom of their warm, furry mother. When it's finally time for them each to forge their own path, Little Tiger's life journey is unexpected and unconventional. Though some of the philosophical leanings were likely lost on this left-brained reader, it is a sweet, thoughtful story about following where one's heart and curiosity lead.

I received this ARC via LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. ( )