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The Elegance of the Hedgehog: the International Bestseller

The Elegance of the Hedgehog: the International Bestseller( )
Author: Barbery, Muriel
Translator: Anderson, Alison
ISBN:978-1-906040-18-5
Publication Date:May 2009
Publisher:Gallic Books, Limited
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $22.99
Book Description:

A funny and moving novel exalting the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us.

Rene is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building. She maintains a carefully constructed persona as someone uncultivated but reliable, in keeping with what she feels a concierge should be. But beneath this facade lies the real Rene: passionate about culture and the arts, and more knowledgeable in many ways than her employers with their outwardly successful but emotionally void...
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Book Details
Pages:320
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / City Life
Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13 x 19.6 x 2.2 cm
Book Weight:0.31 Kilograms
Author Biography
Barbery, Muriel (Author)
Writer and philosophy professor Muriel Barbery was born in Casablanca, Morocco on May 28, 1969 and raised in France. She attended the École Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud from 1990 to 1993 and then taught philosophy at the Université de Bourgogne, in a lycée, and at the Saint-Lô IUFM. Barbery has published the bestselling novels L'Élégance du hérisson (The Elegance of the Hedgehog) and Une Gourmandise (Gourmet Rhapsody). She will be at the Adelaide Writer's Week for the 2016 festival.

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