The elegance of the hedgehog

Description:

EA novel by the French professor of philosophy Muriel Barbery. The book centers on a working-class concierge of an upscale apartment building in Paris, Renee Michel. She is an auto-didact of immense learning who deliberately conceals her intelligence. Her secret is discovered by a young resident of the building named Paloma. The novel is narrated alternately by each of these two characters. First released in August 2006 by Gallimard, the novel became a bestseller of over a million copies.

subjects: Apartment dwellers,  class in fiction,  Apartment concierges,  Fiction,  philosophical novel,  Fiction, general,  Paris (france), fiction,  Friendship,  Large type books,  nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2008-12-07,  New York Times bestseller,  New York Times reviewed

Places: France,  Paris,  Paris (France)