The Elegance of the Hedgehog

The Elegance of the HedgehogAuthor: Barbery, Muriel Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 11 May 2009 by Gallic Books in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Editions Gallic' series. Paperback 320 pages 198 x 133 x 21 232g Rene 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 Rene:

'Our unanimity about Orbital recognises its beauty and ambition

Around and around it she walked

Maria Montessori

to a school trip with a deadly twist

or drive him insane

the Heffleys wonder if they can save their vacation - or if they're already in too deep

Palace of the Drowned more than delivers on the promise of Mangan's debut

and the miracle of second chances

Published on 6 April 2023 by Pan Macmillan (Picador) in the United Kingdom

Laura Ellen Anderson

beautifully alive to the fragility of happiness and all forms of violence

It reflects Harvey’s extraordinary intensity of attention to the precious and precarious world we share' Edmund de Waal