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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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Main Author: Barbery, Muriel, 1969-
Other Authors: Anderson, Alison
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
French
Published: New York : Europa Editions, 2008.
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Apartment concierges > France > Paris > Fiction.
Apartment houses > Fiction.
Paris (France) > Fiction.
French literature > Translations into English.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:"2007 French booksellers prize"--P. [4] of cover.
Translated from the French .
Originall released in France as "Elégance du hérisson"
Physical Description:325 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9781933372600
1933372605
Author Notes:Writer and philosophy professor Muriel Barbery was born in Casablanca, Morocco on May 28, 1969 and raised in France. She attended the École Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud from 1990 to 1993 and then taught philosophy at the Université de Bourgogne, in a lycée, and at the Saint-Lô IUFM. Barbery has published the bestselling novels L'Élégance du hérisson (The Elegance of the Hedgehog) and Une Gourmandise (Gourmet Rhapsody). She will be at the Adelaide Writer's Week for the 2016 festival.

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