"Thoughtful, ironic, and often darkly humorous, the novel creates moods which bring the characters vividly to life, even as they are contemplating death and the deepest of life's mysteries."—
Mary Whipple (
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"I know I'll read this again. I envy you the chance to read it for the first time. Five stars are not enough."—Sharon Isch (
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"The Elegance of the Hedgehog is, itself, an elegant look at life -- in particular, the inner-life of human beings, and the frequent disconnect between that inner-life and the public face we share with the world.—Heather D. Gallay (
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"There are twists, turns, and surprises, it's really a perfectly sketched and colored slice of life."—S. Fishburn (
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"'The Elegance of the Hedgehog' transcends excellence. It is one of those rare books with a special inner quality that makes you ponder over life in a way only very few others can."—I Love Books (
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"This is a deep book. I needed to keep the dictionary close so as to get the full meanings of what was being said. It is well worth the effort."—Kindred Spirit (
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"This is a beautiful piece of work: erudite, laugh-out-loud humorous and tragic by turns. It can't have been easy for Alison Anderson to capture in English the sophistication of Muriel Barbery's writing, but she's made a fine job of it.—Nigel Seel (
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