by Muriel Barbery · Gallic Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781906040185
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«The Elegance of the Hedgehog» is Muriel Barbery's novel, published by Gallic Books in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Renée Michel, concierge of an elegant Parisian building, hides great culture and sensitivity behind a vulgar appearance. Paloma, a gifted twelve-year-old girl, lives in the same building and plans to escape a future she considers empty. The arrival of a new tenant, Kakuro Ozu, crosses their lives and calls their certainties into question.
Volume 2 of the 7 rue de Grenelle series. English translation by Alison Anderson; the original novel, L'Élégance du hérisson, won the Prix des Libraires.
For readers of literary fiction and philosophy, with an interest in stories set in Paris; it is a common choice for book clubs.
Muriel Barbery is a French novelist and philosophy teacher. Her 2006 novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog quickly sold more than a million copies in several countries.
