$34.63
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2025
Summary
The funny and moving publishing sensation about an unassuming apartment building in Paris
Renee is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building. To the snobbish residents she is all they expect from a caretaker - hard working, dowdy and unsophisticated. But Renee has a secret. Beneath this faade she is a self-taught intellectual, devoted to arthouse Japanese cinema and has a cat named after Tolstoy.
Meanwhile, several floors up, twelve-year-old Paloma has also learned …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805333593 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1805333593 |
| Author: | Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson |
| Publisher: | Pushkin Press |
| Imprint: | Pushkin Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 23 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 282g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 197mm x 129mm |
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Critics Review
‘Witty and touching, this novel features two of my favorite female characters’ - Gillian Anderson
‘Resistance is futile … you might as well buy it before someone recommends it for your book group. Its charm will make you say yes’ - Guardian
‘Clever, informative and moving … an admirable novel which deserves as wide a readership here as it had in France’ - Observer
‘Wins over its fans with a life-affirming message, a generous portion of heart and Barberys frequently wicked sense of humor’ - Time Magazine
‘A book of great charm and grace’ - Metro
About The Author
Muriel Barbery
Muriel Barbery is the author of four previous novels, including the IMPAC-shortlisted multimillion-copy bestseller The Elegance of the Hedgehog. She has lived in Kyoto, Amsterdam and Paris and now lives in the French countryside.
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