{"product_id":"9781913547875","title":"The Elegance of the Hedgehog","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Muriel Barbery\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 16 May 2024 by Gallic Books in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 320 pages, Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e129 x 196 x 26mm | 226g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOVER 10 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDESHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD‘Resistance is futile’ The Guardian‘Clever, informative and moving’ The Observer'Witty and touching' Gillian AndersonRenée is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building. She maintains a carefully constructed persona as someone uncultivated but reliable, in keeping with what she feels a concierge should be. But beneath this facade lies the real Renée: passionate about culture and the arts, and more knowledgeable in many ways than her employers with their outwardly successful but emotionally void lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDown in her lodge, apart from weekly visits by her one friend Manuela, Renée lives 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns moving and hilarious, this unusual novel was described by Le Figaro as ‘the publishing phenomenon of the decade’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Muriel Barbery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839176552797,"sku":"9781913547875","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781913547875.jpg?v=1780057631","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781913547875","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}