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An enchanting New York Times and international bestseller and
award-winner about life, art, literature, philosophy, culture, class,
privilege, and power, seen through the eyes of a 54-year old French
concierge and a precocious but troubled 12-year-old girl.
Renée
Michel is the 54-year-old concierge of a luxury Paris apartment
building. Her exterior (“short, ugly, and plump”) and demeanor (“poor,
discreet, and insignificant”) belie her keen, questing mind and profound
erudition. Paloma Josse is a 12-year-old genius who behaves as everyone
expects her to behave: a mediocre pre-teen high on adolescent
subculture, a good but not outstanding student, an obedient if obstinate
daughter. She plans to kill herself on the sixteenth of June, her
thirteenth birthday.
Both Renée and Paloma hide their true
talents and finest qualities from the bourgeois families around them,
until a wealthy Japanese gentleman named Ozu moves into building. Only
he sees through them, perceiving the secret that haunts Renée, winning
Paloma's trust, and helping the two discover their kindred souls.
Moving, funny, tender, and triumphant, Barbery's novel exalts the quiet
victories of the inconspicuous among us.
About the Author
CASSANDRA MORRIS has done voiceover work for Disney, appeared on the
Late Show with David Letterman, and can be seen in the future film Double Parked.
Multiple Audie® Award winner Barbara Rosenblat has been named a "Voice of the Twentieth Century" by AudioFileThe New York Times
writes,"Watch Ms. Rosenblat work...and you get the sense that even an
Oscar winner might not be able to pull this off." She created the role
of "Mrs. Medlock" in the Tony® Award-winning Broadway musical The Secret Garden.
MURIEL BARBERY is a French novelist and professor of philosophy. Her second novel (translated into English as L'Élégance du hérissonThe Elegance of the Hedgehog) topped the French best-seller lists for 30 consecutive weeks and is an international bestseller.
magazine.
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Product Details
- Unabridged Audiobook
9 1/2 Hours / 8 CDs
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
ISBN-10: 1598879251
ISBN-13: 978-1598879254
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