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  The Elegance of the Hedgehog

 
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Author:    Muriel Barbery & Alison Anderson
ISBN:    9781906040185
ISBN-10:    1906040184
Publisher:    Gallic Books
Date Published:    21/02/2009
Format:    Paperback Book
Pages:    320
Language:    French (Translated)
RRP: $24.95
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Book Description:
Rene 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 Rene: 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, Rene 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 became the top-selling book in France in 2007.


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Review by Suzy 
I picked this up expecting to find the quaint Parisian page-turner promised by the book's blockbuster selling status and its ornate cover. And I did. But what I also found was a humble little gem of a book that gracefully burrows away at deep philosophical questions, pondering the meaning of life, art and love.
A book that totally indulged my romantic side, as well as the amateur philosopher and francophile in me. Beautiful.

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