The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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Author
Publication
2008 - Europa Editions
Word Count
81,250 words, Guess
Page Count
325 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveeleganceofhedgeh0000barb
- ISBN-101933372605
- ISBN-139781933372600
- Library of Congress Control Number2009370114
- OCLC Control Number244250416
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781933372600
- Open LibraryOL24195798M
Classifications
- LCCPQ2662.A6523 E4413 2008
- LCCPQ2662.A6523 E4313 2008
- LCCPQ2662.A6523
and 2 more
- DDC843.92
- DDC[FIC]
Description
EA novel by the French professor of philosophy Muriel Barbery. The book centers on a working-class concierge of an upscale apartment building in Paris, Renee Michel. She is an auto-didact of immense learning who deliberately conceals her intelligence. Her secret is discovered by a young resident of the building named Paloma. The novel is narrated alternately by each of these two characters. First released in August 2006 by Gallimard, the novel became a bestseller of over a million copies.
Description
The lives of fifty-four-year-old concierge Rene Michel and extremely bright, suicidal twelve-year-old Paloma Josse are transformed by the arrival of a new tenant, Kakuro Ozu.
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