The Elegance of the Hedgehog

The Elegance of the Hedgehog is a novel by the French novelist and philosophy teacher Muriel Barbery. The book follows events in the life of a concierge, Renée Michel, whose deliberately concealed intelligence is uncovered by an unstable but intellectually precocious girl named Paloma Josse.

First released in August 2006, the novel became a publishing success in France the following year, selling over two million copies and has since been translated into over forty languages.

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