Bibliograph

The elegance of the hedgehog, Muriel Barbery ; translated from the French by Alison Anderson

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The elegance of the hedgehog, Muriel Barbery ; translated from the French by Alison Anderson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The elegance of the hedgehog

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

759838615

Responsibility statement

Muriel Barbery ; translated from the French by Alison Anderson

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Accelerated Reader, UG, 8.1, 15, 15, 169262

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

Table Of Contents

Marx (Preamble): 1. Whosoever Sows Desire - 2. The Miracles of Art - Camellias: 1. An Aristocrat - 2. On Wars and Colonies - 3. The Poodle as Totem - 4. Refusing the Fight - 5. In a Sorry State - 6. Homespun Cowls - 7. In the Confederate South - 8. Prophet of the Modern Elite - 9. Red October - 10. A Cat Called Roget - 11. The Rebellion of the Mongolian Tribes - 12. Phantom Comedy - 13. Eternity - 14. When of a Sudden, Old Japan - 15. The Rich Man's Burden - 16. Constitution's Spleen - 17. A Partridge's Ass - 18. Ryabinin - On Grammar: 1. Infinitesimal - 2. In a Moment of Grace - 3. Beneath the Skin - 4. Break and Continuity - 5. A Pleasant Impression - 6. Wabi - Summer Rain: 1. Clandestine - 2. The Great Work of Making Meaning - 3. Beyond Time - 4. Spider's Webs - 5. Of Lace and Frills and Flounces - 6. Just a Trim - 7. The Vestal Virgin in Her Finery - 8. Saints Alive - 9. Dull Gold - 10. What Congruence? - 11. Existence Without Duration - 12. A Wave of Hope - 13. Tiny Bladder - 14. How Much for One Roll? - 15. A Very Civilized Noble Savage - 16. And Then - 17. A New Heart - 18. Gentle Insomnia - Paloma: 1. Terribly Sharp - 2. For All Its Invisibility - 3. The Just Crusade - 4. The First Principle - 5. The Antipodes - 5. Baby Porpoise - 7. Deep Blue - 8. Contented Little Sips - 9. Sanae - 10. Dark Clouds - 11. Rain - 12. Sisters - 13. In the Pathways of Hell - 14. From Passageway to Pathway - 15. His Shoulders Soaked with Sweat - 16. Something Must Come to an End - 17. The Travails of Dressing Up - 18. Flowing Water - 19. They Shimmer - 20. Gagauz Tribes - 21. All Those Cups of Tea - 22. Meadow Grass - 23. My Camellias

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