![]() The changes of narrator are marked by switches of typeface. The events and ideas of the novel are presented through the thoughts and reactions, interleaved throughout the novel, of two narrators, Renée and Paloma. ![]() ![]() It incorporates themes relating to philosophy, class consciousness, and personal conflict. Paloma is the daughter of an upper-class family living in the Parisian hôtel particulier where Renée works.įeaturing a number of erudite characters, The Elegance of the Hedgehog is full of allusions to literary works, music, films, and paintings. The book follows events in the life of a concierge, Renée Michel, whose deliberately concealed intelligence is uncovered by an unstable but intellectually precocious girl named Paloma Josse. The Elegance of the Hedgehog (French: L'Élégance du hérisson) is a novel by the French novelist and philosophy teacher Muriel Barbery. ![]()
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