Elegance of the Hedgehog
Recommended by Leo Babauta, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #5 in Paris, Ranked #9 in France — see more rankings.
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... more
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- #38 in Beauty
- #89 in Existential
- #14 in French
- #81 in Roman
- #81 in Sadness
- #96 in Suicide
- #47 in Translated
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