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Críticas

A sooty darkness permeates the writing, illuminated by sudden bursts of sunlight and the music of skylarks. (The Daily Telegraph)

There is a mystical quality about David Almond's writing that makes him quite unlike any other author (Financial Times)

A powerful story of love, persecution and freedom, it is his best novel to date (and that's saying something). (The Scotsman)

David Almond's books are strange, unsettling, wild things...like all great literature, beyond classification. An exhilarating, though not always easy read for anyone who, like Joe, has tigers and larks in their heart. (The Guardian)

Mysterious and enigmatic. (The Bookseller)

A life-changing story of hope, love and encouragement for a boy who's been all but written off. (The Sunday Times)

A lyrical and haunting story. (The Daily Telegraph)

A subtle, sophisticated book. Almond's speciality is an enchanting blend of the magical and the real. (The Times)

This gripping book will enrich your soul and fire your imagination. (The Daily Telegraph)

David Almond continues to combine literary success with huge popularity as a children's writer, and he retains his winning ways here in this intriguing story, as ever full of mystery and lyrical imagination. .. High quality and an unmissable story - lucky children!' KIDS OUT, March 2001

Reseña del editor

Joe lives with his mother in Helmouth, a forgotten village crumbling on the edge of the suburbs. His days are spent trying to evade the demands of school and the taunts of the local bullies. Joe's friend, Stanny, insists that Joe must toughen up, become a survivor - and he is adamant that a weekend in the wilderness with Stanny and his Uncle Joff will do the trick.

Into Joe's unhappy world comes Hackenschmidt's Circus, and with it the strangely familiar Corinna. She tells Joe, 'In the circus there is a secret heart ' - a place of contained wildness where the barriers between the human and animal world are fluid. And indeed, Joe's dreams are already stalked by a tiger, so real that his skin and its pelt begin to feel as one ...