The Elegance of the Hedgehog
byMuriel Barbery
OVER 10 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 'Resistance is futile' The Guardian 'Clever, informative and moving' The Observer 'Witty and touching' Gillian Anderson Renée is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building. She maintains a carefully constructed persona as someone uncultivated but reliable, in keeping with what she feels a concierge should be. But beneath this facade lies the real Renée: passionate about culture and the arts, and more knowledgeable in many ways than her employers with their outwardly successful but emotionally void lives. Down in her lodge, apart from weekly visits by her one friend Manuela, Renée lives with only her cat for company. 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 birthday. But unknown to them both, the sudden death of one of their privileged neighbours will dramatically alter their lives forever. By turns moving and hilarious, this unusual novel was described by Le Figaro as 'the publishing phenomenon of the decade'.
Language
en
Published on
01/05/2009
Pages
320
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781906040185
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