High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Elegance of the Hedgehog (French: L' l gance du h risson) is a novel by the French novelist and professor of philosophy Muriel Barbery. The book follows events in the life of a concierge, Ren e Michel, whose deliberately concealed intelligence is uncovered by an unstable but intellectually precocious girl named Paloma Josse. Paloma is the daughter of an upper-class family living in the upscale Parisian apartment building where Ren e works.

Publication Year: 2012