Product Description

Rene is the concierge of a Parisian apartment building. She is passionate about culture and the arts. Several floors up, 12-year-old Paloma Josse is determined to avoid the pampered and vacuous future laid out for her. But unknown to them both, the sudden death of one of their privileged neighbours will dramatically alter their lives forever.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #691 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-14
• Original language: French
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

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Review
Resistance is futile...you might as well buy it before someone recommends it for your book group. It s charm will make you say yes --The Guardian Clever, informative and moving... this is an admirable novel which deserves as wide a readership here as it had in France --The Observer This breathtakingly singular novel...is totally French yet completely universal --Good Housekeeping --Good Housekeeping

Clever, informative and moving... this is an admirable novel which deserves as wide a readership here as it had in France --The Observer

This breathtakingly singular novel...is totally French yet completely universal --Good Housekeeping

About the Author
Muriel Barbery teaches philosophy. L'Elegance du herisson is her second novel. Her first book, Une gourmandise (Gallimard, 2000) has been translated into twelve languages.