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The elegance of the hedgehog is a novel by the french novelist and professor of philosophy muriel barbery. A strange country by muriel barbery english paperback. Her first book, une gourmandise, has been translated into twelve languages. Seven years after the publication of her surprise international hit, the elegance of the hedgehog 2008, barbery returns with something completely different. The book follows events in the life of a concierge, renee michel, whose deliberately concealed intelligence is uncovered by an unstable but intellectually precocious girl named paloma josse. This was followed by the international bestseller the elegance of the hedgehog in 2006. The elegance of the hedgehog is muriel barberys second novel. The elegance of the hedgehog by muriel barbery book.
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