Elegance of the hedgehog. Barbury M.

The Elegance of the Hedgehog, the novel of the French writer and philosopher Muriel Barberi, was divorced by a total circulation of more than a million copies in France and hundreds of thousands around the world - and glorified the author. This book is compared with Fanny Flagg “fried green tomatoes” and the romantic comedy “Ameli” by Jean-Pierre Zhenya, but in fact it is, of course, unique. A twelve -year -old girl, smart and educated for years, was finally disappointed in humanity. An elderly concierge secretly studies philosophy, reads Leo Tolstoy, dries the Japanese arthouse cinema and listens to Malera, thoroughly hiding his intellect from everyone. A rich Japanese, having settled in Paris in the declining years, is trying to solve the secret of these secretive women. Unlikely friendship, unknown opportunities, a new view of the world; Three people will have a quiet wandering that will change their lives and teach them - as well as us - to notice the unexpected where we are all used to seeing only stereotypical and predictable.