Una donna di cinquantaquattro anni e una ragazzina di dodici. Apparentemente distanti, ma intellettualmente affini. Entrambe alla ricerca di un nascondiglio. L���una dal senso di colpa per un "amore per il sapere", che giudica assurdamente inadatto al suo ruolo sociale. L���altra dalla vacuit�� d...
This is one of the most thoughtful books I have ever read, at the top with some of Coelho's works. Books like these are why we read; it is one that I will visit year after year and that which has shaped a lot of my own current life views. A social satire, its very intelligent writing, subtle sarc...
In the past month, having actually been on the Rue de grenelle and having heard someone talk about the Elegance of the Hedgehog (by the same author), I found this title and thought I'd try it. The main character is looking for that special taste before he dies.Well it was in chouquettes, which wa...
[The study sculpture of Venus says of the food critic]:When he sits down at his desk and pulls the cord of the big copper lamp, and a ray of warm light flows onto my shoulders, I am reborn each time from this demiurgical light, I reemerge from nowhere, and this is the way it is fro him with the f...
This is the most sophisticated language about food i have ever encountered. Fascinating and stunning descriptions of food and food lovers, a perverse obsession with reviews and judging cooking. The book raises many questions about the importance that we assign to food in our first-world culture. ...
Elegant writing, touching sentiments, blatant erudition, a profound but accessible novel - what's not to like? Renee Michel is a fifty-four year old concierge, a widow who is not what she seems. Paloma Josse is a conflicted twelve year old contemplating arson and suicide when she becomes a teenag...
What's a wonderful book! I listened to an Audible version of this book with narrators Barbara Rosenblat and Cassandra. I can't decide if I like the book or the narrators. Either way, I have enjoyed it immensely.The story has two "kindred spirits": Renee, a 54 year old concierge and self proclaime...
*This review may contain spoilers*"The Elegance Of The Hedgehog," by Muriel Barbery, is a novel following the events in the life of an apartment concierge, Renee Michel. The novel features a number of unique characters and incorporates themes related to class awareness, philosophy and personal ba...
I enjoyed the observations of Renee and Paloma. Great book club selection. Just not my type of story. I wasn't able to connect to either of the main characters.
asked the Maestro. “I don’t know,” said the Council Head. “We can no longer be sure about half of the inner sanctum. It could be any one of the ten members. I did not get the impression I was being followed, and my tracks were erased very quickly.” ...