The elegance of the hedgehog
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The elegance of the hedgehog
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The elegance of the hedgehog
Summary
Rene Michel is the 54-year-old concierge of a luxury Paris apartment building. Her exterior (short, ugly, and plump) and demeanor (poor, discreet, and insignificant) belie her keen, questing mind and profound erudition. Paloma Josse is a 12-year-old genius who behaves as everyone expects her to behave: a mediocre pre-teen high on adolescent subculture, a good but not outstanding student, an obedient if obstinate daughter. She plans to kill herself on the sixteenth of June, her thirteenth birthday. Both Rene and Paloma hide their true talents and finest qualities from the bourgeois families around them, until a wealthy Japanese gentleman named Ozu moves into building. Only he sees through them, perceiving the secret that haunts Rene, winning Palomas trust, and helping the two discover their kindred souls. Moving, funny, tender, and triumphant, Barberys novel exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us
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adult
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