La Elegancia del Erizo (Novela) / The Elegance of the Hedgehog (a Novel)

Muriel Barbery

La Elegancia del Erizo (Novela) / The Elegance of the Hedgehog (a Novel)
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana S.A. de C.V.
Country
MX
Published
17 December 2024
Pages
368
ISBN
9786073912327

La Elegancia del Erizo (Novela) / The Elegance of the Hedgehog (a Novel)

Muriel Barbery

Una novela original y optimista. Un cautivador himno a la vida.

En el numero 7 de la calle Grenelle, un inmueble burgues de Paris, nada es lo que parece. Dos de sus habitantes esconden un secreto. Renee, la portera, lleva mucho tiempo fingiendo ser una mujer comun. Paloma tiene doce anos y oculta una inteligencia extraordinaria. Ambas llevan una vida solitaria, mientras se esfuerzan por sobrevivir y vencer la desesperanza. La llegada de un hombre misterioso al edificio propiciara el encuentro de estas dos almas gemelas.

Juntas, Renee y Paloma descubriran la belleza de las pequenas cosas. Invocaran la magia de los placeres efimeros e inventaran un mundo mejor. La elegancia del erizo es un pequeno tesoro que nos revela como alcanzar la felicidad gracias a la amistad, el amor y el arte. Mientras pasamos las paginas con una sonrisa, las voces de Renee y Paloma tejen, con un lenguaje melodioso, un cautivador himno a la vida.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Paloma and Renee hide their true talents and finest qualities from a world who will not appreciate them, in a novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us.

In an elegant hotel particulier in Paris, Renee, the concierge, is all but invisible. Her only genuine attachment is to her cat, Leo. But Renee has a secret: she furtively devours art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture and scrutinizes the lives of the tenants-her inferiors in every way except that of material wealth.

Paloma is a twelve-year-old who lives on the fifth floor. Talented and precocious, she's decided to end her own on her thirteenth birthday. Until then, she will continue hiding her extraordinary intelligence behind a mask of mediocrity. But after a wealthy Japanese man named Ozu arrives in the building, Renee and Paloma will begin to recognize each other as kindred souls.

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