The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (419 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Good-. 2008, soft cover, slight edgewear, a few pages have corner creasing, cover slightly creased, 325 p. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Renee is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building, home to members of the great and the good. Over the years she has maintained her carefully constructed persona as someone reliable but totally uncultivated, in keeping, she feels, with society's expectations of what a concierge should be. But beneath this facade lies the real Renee: 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, Renee lives resigned to her lonely lot 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. By turn moving and hilarious, this unusual novel became the top-selling book in France in 2007 with sales of over 900,000 copies to-date. The French publishing phenomenon of 2007 from an initial print run of 4,000, sales of over 900,000 in hardback. Translation rights sold to 34 countries Cited in Paris Match magazine in highlights of 2007' along with the i-phone and facebook Winner of the prestigious 2007 French booksellers award To be published in English simultaneously in UK and US Published in Italy in October 2007 with sales to date of 400,000 AUTHOR: Muriel Barbery teaches philosophy. L'Elegance du herisson is her second novel. Her first book, Une gourmandise (Gallimard, 2000) has been translated into twelve languages. This edition is now replaced by the B-Format Paperback edition ISBN 9781906040185. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 325 pp. Third printing. Light stress creasing on the spine. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. Translated from the French by Alison Anderson.

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Fifth Printing. Textblock immaculate and tight; Covers lightly edge and corner rubbed; 325p. Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Paperback.

2008 Barbery, Muriel THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG Eurpoa editions, c2008 Second printing 325pp 8vo New trade softcover with french wraps.

Condition: Very Good. Large type / large print edition. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Soft cover. Condition: New. New condition color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Acclaim for The Elegance of the Hedgehog. List of Other Books by Muriel Barbery; Author Dedication; and About the Author. New York Times Bestseller; Indiebound Top Ten Bestseller. A Washington Post Best Book of the Year; A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Year; A Barnes and Noble Best Book of the Year; A Chicago Sun-TImes Favorite Book of the Year. Over a year on the New York Times Bestseller List. "This is a novel that celebrates the gut feeling, the inspired moment when life changes forever because of a gesture, a laugh, a step of the pavement, or even a glimpse of a beautiful flower. A warning, though: This story, like all great tales, will break your heart, but it will also make you realize - or remember - that sometimes the pain is worth it, that there's also enough beauty in the world, but only if you see beyond yourself." - Chicago Sun-Times. "We are in an elegant hotel particulier in the center of Paris. Renee, the building's concierge, is short, ugly, and plump. She has bunions on her feet. She is cantankerous and addicted to television soaps. Her only genuine attachment is to her cat, Leo. In short, she is everything society expects from a concierge at a bourgeois building in a posh Parisian neighborhood. But Renee has a secret: she is a ferocious autodidact who furtively devours art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. With biting humor she scrutinizes the lives of the building's tenants - her inferiors in every way except that of material wealth. Then there's Paloma, a super-smart twelve-year-old and the youngest daughter of the Josses, who live on the fifth floor. Talented, precocious, and startlingly lucid, she has come to terms with life's seeming futility and has decided to end her own on the day of her thirteenth birthday. Until then she will continue hiding her extraordinary intelligence behind a mask of mediocrity, acting the part of an average pre-teen high on pop subculture, a good but not an outstanding student, an obedient if obstinate daughter. Paloma and Renee hid both their true talents and their finest qualities from a world they suspect cannot or will not appreciate them. They discover their kindred souls when a new tenant arrives, a wealthy Japanese man named Ozu. He befriends Paloma and is able to see through Renee's timeworn disguise to the mysterious event that has haunted her since childhood. This is a moving, witty, and redemptive novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us." - from the inner French style extended front cover flap.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 320 pages. 7.28x5.35x1.18 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. translated from the French by Alison Anderson, paperback, fine; 320 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition 1st printing hardback in unclipped jacket. Book and jacket in VG/VG+ condition with no inscriptions, slight lightening to spine of jacket and tanning to page edges because of cheap paper used by the publisher. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Scans available on request.