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The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery; Alison Anderson; Barbara Rosenblat; Cassandra Morris is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>The phenomenal New York Times bestseller that "explores the upstairs-downstairs goings-on of a posh Parisian apartment building" ( Publishers Weekly ). In an elegant hôtel particulier in Paris, Renée, the concierge, is all but invisible—short, plump, middle-aged, with bunions on her feet and an addiction to television soaps. Her only genuine attachment is to her cat, Leo. In short, she's everything society expects from a concierge at a bourgeois building in an upscale neighborhood. But Renée has a secret: She furtively, ferociously devours art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. With biting humor, she scrutinizes the lives of the tenants—her inferiors in every way except that of material wealth. Paloma is a twelve-year-old who lives on the fifth floor. Talented and precocious, she's come to terms with life's seeming futility and decided to end her own on her thirteenth birthday. Until then, she will continue hiding her extraordinary intelligence behind a mask of mediocrity, acting the part of an average pre-teen high on pop culture, a good but not outstanding student, an obedient if obstinate daughter. Paloma and Renée hide their true talents and finest qualities from a wo

Who reads The Elegance of the Hedgehog?

Author

Muriel Barbery; Alison Anderson; Barbara Rosenblat; Cassandra Morris

Publisher

Europa Editions, Incorporated

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781933372600

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.87 / 5 (110 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13