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The Elegance of the Hedgehog

The phenomenal New York Times bestseller that "explores the upstairs-downstairs goings-on of a posh Parisian apartment building" (Publishers Weekly).

In an elegant hôtel particulier in Paris, Renée, the concierge, is all but invisible--short, plump, middle-aged, with bunions on her feet and an addiction to television soaps. Her only genuine attachm...show more

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325 pages

Average rating: 7.2

93 RATINGS

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Jlaborie
Apr 11, 2024
0.5
Anonymous
Mar 24, 2024
2/10 stars
This book was awful. I couldn't finish it.
LMahoney
Jan 26, 2024
8/10 stars
Glad I saw this movie years ago and knew to stick with the book. First half was a little hard but it just kept getting better and better. Beautiful ending.
Anonymous
Aug 01, 2023
8/10 stars
I can't quite explain why I liked this book. Most of it takes place in the minds of the main characters. One has a very non-ironic journal of profound thoughts to keep her (and us) in tune with her philosophical musings. Both characters, one a teenage girl and one a middle-aged concierge are eager to keep their intellectualism to themselves, while silently smirking at the people around them who aren't to know what goes on in the secret provinces ...read more
E Clou
May 10, 2023
8/10 stars
I really liked it even though it was pretentious and all the characters (author?) made some bad starting assumptions about culture. The philosophy was interesting but somewhat detracted from the more moving connection to the main characters.

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