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A review by sarabearian
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
5.0
I savored nearly every paragraph in this existential novel!
Two unlikely similar characters narrate their take on life and the community in their French neighborhood. Renée is the philosophical concierge to a bourgeois apartment building in Paris while Paloma, resident of said apartment, is wise beyond her thirteen years.
Exploring the absurd world through their eyes is enlightening, at times somber but invariably endearing.
Topped French best-seller lists for 30 consecutive weeks and is an international bestseller.
-Sara S-
Two unlikely similar characters narrate their take on life and the community in their French neighborhood. Renée is the philosophical concierge to a bourgeois apartment building in Paris while Paloma, resident of said apartment, is wise beyond her thirteen years.
Exploring the absurd world through their eyes is enlightening, at times somber but invariably endearing.
Topped French best-seller lists for 30 consecutive weeks and is an international bestseller.
-Sara S-