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The elegance of the hedgehog

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Barbery, Muriel, 1969-
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The lives of fifty-four-year-old concierge Rene Michel and extremely bright, suicidal twelve-year-old Paloma Josse are transformed by the arrival of a new tenant, Kakuro Ozu.

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Anderson, Alison
Morris, Cassandra,1982-
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Rosenblat, Barbara
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9781933372600
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog [electronic resource] / Muriel Barbery
The elegance of the hedgehog / Muriel Barbery ; [translated from the French by Alison Anderson]
The elegance of the hedgehog / Muriel Barbery ; translated from the French by Alison Anderson
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