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ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
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ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG Paperback - 2009

by BARBERY, MURIEL..;..Anderson, Alison [Translator]

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In this enthralling international bestseller, two girls live inconspicuous lives in the center of an elegant Paris apartment building. It is only when a stranger moves into their building--and sees through the girls' disguises--that Paloma and Rene discover their kindred spirits.

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NY: Europa Editions. Very Good. 2009. first edition,10p THUS; Tenth Printing. Paperback. 8.2 X 5.3 X 0.9 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION clean, solid, bright; Yellow titles on mostly blue paper covers, showing young girl in black books & red dress...walking. ..PAPER COVERS HAVE LARGE INNER "FRENCH" FLAPS to better protect paper covers..; 325 pages; Meanwhile, several floors up, twelve-year-old Paloma Josse is determined to avoid the pampered and vacuous future laid out for her, and decides to end her life on her thirteenth birthda .
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  • Title ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
  • Author BARBERY, MURIEL..;..Anderson, Alison [Translator]
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition first edition,10p THUS; Tenth Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Europa Editions, NY
  • Date 2009
  • Features Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 135737
  • ISBN 9781933372600 / 1933372605
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.2 x 1.1 in (20.57 x 13.21 x 2.79 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects Paris (France), Apartment dwellers
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

A 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.

From the publisher

"2007 French booksellers prize"--P. [4] of cover. Translation of: L'élégance du hérisson.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2008, Page 34
  • Commonweal, 12/04/2009, Page 28
  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/01/2008, Page 663
  • Library Journal, 06/15/2008, Page 53
  • New York Times Book Review, 09/07/2008, Page 23
  • New Yorker (The), 10/20/2008, Page 93
  • Newsweek, 07/13/2009, Page 49
  • People Weekly, 09/14/2009, Page 67
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/19/2008, Page 30
  • Time, 07/13/2009, Page 55

About the author

Muriel Barbery is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Europa, 2008), Gourmet Rhapsody (Europa, 2009), and The Life of Elves (Europa, 2016). She has lived in Kyoto, Amsterdam, and Paris, and now lives in the French countryside.

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