![]() ![]() Its charm will make you say yes." - Ian Sansom, The Guardian You might as well buy it before someone recommends it for your book group. (.) Resistance is futile: you're probably going to end up reading it. There is also much broad humour and musing on the meaning of life. "It's essentially a feel-good book with philosophical aspirations, a cast of charmingly eccentric characters, and a European city-break setting - private courtyards, restaurants, mysterious strangers. ![]() Everything falls back into place." - Michèle Roberts, Financial Times This novel consoles, finally, rather than unsettles. Épater la bourgeoisie ? No, the politics of May 1968 no longer apply. "In France, this book is a bestseller.It’s a quiet, placid-moving book that takes time out to discuss the theory of phenomenology, the function of literature in life, the barrenness of a certain kind of scholarship." - Yvonne Zipp, Christian Science Monitor Palfrey at the Claremont, with its sense of renewal near the end of a life and a celebration of the beauty of small moments. " The Elegance of the Hedgehog reminded me of Mrs. ![]() The Elegance of the Hedgehog was made into a film in 2009, The Hedgehog, directed by Mona Achache and starring Josiane Balasko and Garance Le Guillermicī : has some appeal, but annoyingly simplistic and reductive.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author ![]() Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery ![]()
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