| Author: |
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Muriel Barbery
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| Title: |
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
| Binding: |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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320 |
| Date: |
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2006-1 |
| ISBN: |
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1906040185 |
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Gallic |
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320 grams |
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20 x 13 x 2.5 centimeters |
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3 tinuviel (Australia), Teri (USA: IA), Keng Kiat (Singapore) |
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Renee is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building on the left bank.To the residents she is honest,reliable and uncultivated,an ideal concierge.But Renee has a secret.Beneath this conventional facade she is passionate about culture and the arts and more knowledgeable in many ways than her self important employers down in her lodge, Renee is resigned to living a lie,mean while.Several floors up twelve yesr old Paloma Josse is determined to avoid a bourgeois future,and plans to commit suicide on her thirteenth birthday |
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