Description: Yesterday's Muse, Inc. presents ... The Elegance of the Hedgehog ISBN:1933372605 Author:Barbery, Muriel; Anderson, Alison (Translator) Publisher:Europa Editions Release Date:2018 Seller Category:-- Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Excellent Sku: 2328419 Notes: Reprint. Single faint spine crease. 2018 Trade Paperback. 325 pp. Author's second novel. "We are in the center of Paris, in an elegant apartment building inhabited by bourgeois families. Renee, the concierge, is witness to the lavish but vacuous lives of her numerous employers. Outwardly she conforms to every stereotype of the concierge: fat, cantankerous, addicted to television. Yet, unbeknownst to her employers, Renee is a cultured autodidact who adores art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. With humor and intelligence she scrutinizes the lives of the building's tenants, who for their part are barely aware of her existence. Then there's Paloma, a twelve-year-old genius. She is the daughter of a tedious parliamentarian, a talented and startlingly lucid child who has decided to end her life on the sixteenth of June, her thirteenth birthday. Until then she will continue behaving as everyone expects her to behave: a mediocre pre-teen high on adolescent subculture, a good but not an outstanding student, an obedient if obstinate daughter. Paloma and Renee hide both their true talents and their finest qualities from a world they suspect cannot or will not appreciate them. They discover their kindred souls when a wealthy Japanese man named Ozu arrives in the building. Only he is able to gain Paloma's trust and to see through Renee's timeworn disguise to the secret that haunts her. This is a moving, funny, triumphant novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!
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Book Title: Elégance of the Hedgehog
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 1in.
Item Width: 5.6in.
Author: Muriel Barbery
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General, Literary
Publisher: Europa Editions, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
