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Then there is Paloma, a super-smart twelve-year old. Talented and precocious she hides her extraordinary intelligence behind a mask of mediocrity.
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Then there is Paloma, a super-smart twelve-year old. Talented and precocious precocious, she hides her extraordinary intelligence behind a mask of mediocrity.
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* ThemeNaming: The Josses daughters are called Colome and Paloma, names that both mean 'dove'.
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* ThemeNaming: The Josses Josse's daughters are called Colome Colombe and Paloma, names that both mean 'dove'.
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"The Elegance of the Hedgehog" is Muriel Barbery's critically acclaimed literary debut. The novel is set in an elegant hotel particulier in the center of Paris. Renee, the building's concierge, is short, ugly, and plump. She has bunions on her feet. She is cantankerous and addicted to soap operas. Her only genuine attachment is to her cat, Leo. In short, she is everything society expects a concierge at a posh Parisian building to be. But Renee has a secret: she is a ferocious autodidact who furtively devours art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. With biting humour she scrutinizes the lives of the tenants - her inferiors in every way except that of material wealth.
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The novel is set in an elegant hotel particulier in the center of Paris. Renee, the building's concierge, is short, ugly, and plump. She has bunions on her feet. She is cantankerous and addicted to soap operas. Her only genuine attachment is to her cat, Leo. In short, she is everything society expects a concierge at a posh Parisian building to be. But Renee has a secret: she is a ferocious autodidact who furtively devours art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. With biting humour she scrutinizes the lives of the tenants - her inferiors in every way except that of material wealth.
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Their lives come together when a new tenant arrives, a wealthy Japanese man named Ozu. He sees through Renee's disguise with ease and is the first adult to tread Paloma as a person.
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Their lives come together when a new tenant arrives, a wealthy Japanese man named Ozu. He sees through Renee's disguise with ease and is the first adult to tread treat Paloma as a person.
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* WickedCultured: Pierre Arthens and Colombe Josse.
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* WickedCultured: Pierre Arthens and Colombe Josse.
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"The Elegance of the Hedgehog" is Muriel Barbery's critically acclaimed literary debut. The novel is set in an elegant hotel particulier in the center of Paris. Renee, the building's concierge is short, ugly, and plump. She has bunions on her feet. She is cantankerous and addicted to soap operas. Her only genuine attachment is to her cat, Leo. In short, she is everything society expects a concierge at a posh Parisian building to be. But Renee has a secret: she is a ferocious autodidact who furtively devours art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. With biting humour she scrutinizes the lives of the tenants - her inferiors in every way except that of material wealth.
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"The Elegance of the Hedgehog" is Muriel Barbery's critically acclaimed literary debut. The novel is set in an elegant hotel particulier in the center of Paris. Renee, the building's concierge concierge, is short, ugly, and plump. She has bunions on her feet. She is cantankerous and addicted to soap operas. Her only genuine attachment is to her cat, Leo. In short, she is everything society expects a concierge at a posh Parisian building to be. But Renee has a secret: she is a ferocious autodidact who furtively devours art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. With biting humour she scrutinizes the lives of the tenants - her inferiors in every way except that of material wealth.
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* GossipyHens: The older lady tenants of the establishment.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Pretty much everyone other than Ozu. Special mention goes to Madame Josse who pretends to be a socialist but is as snobbish as anyone else the lives in the building.
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* WickedCultured: Pierre Arthens and Colome Josse.
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* WickedCultured: Pierre Arthens and Colome Colombe Josse.
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* GramarNazi: Both Renee and Paloma. Paloma in particular is in a position to make her displeasure known.
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* GramarNazi: GrammarNazi: Both Renee and Paloma. Paloma in particular is in a position to make her displeasure known.
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* PrecociousChild: Paloma.
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* ThemeNaming: The Josses daughters are called Colome and Paloma, names that both mean 'dove'.
* WickedCultured: Pierre Arthens and Colome Josse.
* WickedCultured: Pierre Arthens and Colome Josse.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Olympe, one of the tenants who is studying to become a veterinerian.
* GramarNazi: Both Renee and Paloma. Paloma in particular is in a position to make her displeasure known.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: A main theme in the book. Two of the three main characters practice this.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: A main theme in the book. Two of the three main characters practice this. this.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Ozu and Arthens.
* PrecociousChild: Paloma.
* ProperLady: Manuela the Maid and Olympe the Veterinarian.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Ozu and Arthens.
* PrecociousChild: Paloma.
* ProperLady: Manuela the Maid and Olympe the Veterinarian.
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* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: The majority of the tenants.
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* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: The majority of the tenants.
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"The Elegance of the Hedgehog" is Muriel Barbery's critically acclaimed literary debut. The novel is set in an elegant hotel particulier in the center of Paris. Renee, the building's concierge is short, ugly, and plump. She has bunions on her feet. She is cantankerous and addicted to soap operas. Her only genuine attachment is to her cat, Leo. In short, she is everything society expects a concierge at a posh Parisian building to be. But Renee has a secret: she is a ferocious autodidact who furtively devours art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. With biting humour she scrutinizes the lives of the tenants - her inferiors in every way except that of material wealth.
Then there is Paloma, a super-smart twelve-year old. Talented and precocious she hides her extraordinary intelligence behind a mask of mediocrity.
Their lives come together when a new tenant arrives, a wealthy Japanese man named Ozu. He sees through Renee's disguise with ease and is the first adult to tread Paloma as a person.
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* BourgeoisBohemian: Paloma's parents, but is mostly a facade.
* GirlFriday: Paul is a male version for Ozu.
* JapanesePoliteness: Ozu is unfailingly polite, even to people who do not deserve it.
* KindheartedCatLover: Both Renee and Ozu. Renee to her cat Leo, named after Tolstoy and Ozu to his to cats Kitty and Levin.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: A main theme in the book. Two of the three main characters practice this.
* RichBitch: Paloma's older sister Colombe is absolutely nasty to anyone she can get away with treating badly.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: The majority of the tenants.
Then there is Paloma, a super-smart twelve-year old. Talented and precocious she hides her extraordinary intelligence behind a mask of mediocrity.
Their lives come together when a new tenant arrives, a wealthy Japanese man named Ozu. He sees through Renee's disguise with ease and is the first adult to tread Paloma as a person.
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* BourgeoisBohemian: Paloma's parents, but is mostly a facade.
* GirlFriday: Paul is a male version for Ozu.
* JapanesePoliteness: Ozu is unfailingly polite, even to people who do not deserve it.
* KindheartedCatLover: Both Renee and Ozu. Renee to her cat Leo, named after Tolstoy and Ozu to his to cats Kitty and Levin.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: A main theme in the book. Two of the three main characters practice this.
* RichBitch: Paloma's older sister Colombe is absolutely nasty to anyone she can get away with treating badly.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: The majority of the tenants.
