The Elegance of the Hedgehog

The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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The international publishing sensation, with sales of over 10 million copies worldwide 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 lives. Down in her lodge, apart from weekly visits by her one friend Manuela, Rene lives with only her cat for company. Meanwhile, several floors up, twelve-year-old Paloma Josse is determined to avoid the pampered and vacuous future laid out for her, and decides to end her life on her thirteenth birthday. But unknown to them both, the sudden death of one of their privileged neighbours will dramatically alter their lives forever. Reviews ‘Resistance is futile … you might as well buy it before someone recommends it for your book group. Its charm will make you say yes’  The Guardian ‘Clever, informative and moving … this is an admirable novel which deserves as wide a readership here as it had in France.’  The Observer ‘The novel wins over its fans with a life-affirming message, a generous portion of heart and Barbery’s frequently wicked sense of humor’  Time Magazine ‘A book of great charm and grace.’  The Metro ‘The book’s attractive, Amélie-esque Parisian setting and cast of eccentrics will appeal to many’  Sunday Telegraph ‘This breathtakingly singular novel … is totally French yet completely universal’  Good Housekeeping ‘Reveals itself as a version of the Cinderella fairytale’  Financial Times

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Muriel Barbery. The Elegance of the Hedgehog

THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG

Contents

MARX

1. Whosoever Sows Desire

2. The Miracles of Art

Profound Thought No. 1

1. An Aristocrat

Journal of the Movement of the World No. 1

2. On Wars and Colonies

3. The Poodle as Totem

Profound Thought No. 2

4. Refusing the Fight

Profound Thought No. 3

5. In a Sorry State

6. Homespun Cowls

7. In the Confederate South

Journal of the Movement of the World No. 2

8. Prophet of the Modern Elite

9. Red October

Profound Thought No. 4

10. A Cat Called Roget

Profound Thought No. 5

11. The Rebellion of the Mongolian Tribes

Profound Thought No. 6

12. Phantom Comedy

13. Eternity

Journal of the Movement of the World No. 3

14. When of a Sudden, Old Japan

15. The Rich Man’s Burden

Profound Thought No. 7

16. Constitution’s Spleen

17. A Partridge’s Arse

18. Ryabinin

Profound Thought No. 8

1. Infinitesimal

2. In a Moment of Grace

Profound Thought No. 9

3. Beneath the Skin

4. Break and Continuity

Profound Thought No. 10

5. A Pleasant Impression

6. Wabi

Profound Thought No. 11

1. Clandestine

2. The Great Work of Making Meaning

3. Beyond Time

4. Spiders’ Webs

5. Of Lace and Frills and Flounces

Journal of the Movement of the World No. 4

6. Just a Trim

7. The Vestal Virgin in Her Finery

Profound Thought No. 12

8. Saints Alive

9. Dull Gold

10. What Congruence?

11. Existence without Duration

Journal of the Movement of the World No. 5

12. A Wave of Hope

13. Tiny Bladder

Journal of the Movement of the World No. 6

14. How Much for One Roll?

15. A Very Civilised Noble Savage

16. And Then

17. A New Heart

18. Gentle Insomnia

Profound Thought No. 13

1. Terribly Sharp

2. For All Its Invisibility

3. The Just Crusade

Profound Thought No. 14

4. The First Principle

5. The Antipodes

6. Baby Porpoise

7. Deep Blue

Journal of the Movement of the World No. 7

8. Contented Little Sips

9. Sanae

10. Dark Clouds

11. Rain

12. Sisters

Profound Thought No. 15

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

One Last Profound Thought

About the Author

Copyright

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Praise for The Elegance of the Hedgehog

‘Many authors dream of getting their books onto best-seller lists, but few pull it off with the panache of French writer Muriel Barbery.’ Time

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Well, I have read his brilliant restaurant reviews.

‘I don’t understand what he’s talking about,’ said Manuela; for her a good roast is a good roast and that’s all there is to it.

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