The Elegance of the Hedgehog

by Muriel Barbery

Rating: 4 (13 votes)

Tags: Set in France Female author

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

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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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17 Jan, 2025
I think it belongs more to french literature. Barbery was only born in Morocco, but lived her concsious life in France
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