L'Élégance du hérisson

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Author

Muriel Barbery

Language

French

Year

2008

Country

France

Genre

Novel

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The Elegance of the Hedgehog is a novel by the French novelist and philosophy teacher Muriel Barbery. The book follows events in the life of a concierge, Renée Michel, whose deliberately concealed intelligence is uncovered by an unstable but intellectually precocious girl named Paloma Josse. Paloma is the daughter of an upper-class family living in the Parisian hôtel particulier where Renée works.