"The phenomenal New York Times bestseller that “explores the upstairs-downstairs goings-on of a posh Parisian apartment building” (Publishers Weekly).In an elegant hôtel particulier in Paris, Renée, the concierge, is all but invisible―short, plump, middle-aged, with bunions on her feet and an addiction to television soaps. Her only genuine attachment is to her cat, Leo. In short, she’s everything society expects from a concierge at a bou ..."
"When the first glass was emptied, Alejandro and Petrus smiled at each other and Jesús noticed the redhead’s lovely grey and pensive eyes.“Where did you come from?” he asked.“From the bridge,” Petrus answered. “The bridge that links our world to yours.”Then, after a silence:“It is invisible to you.” Alejandro de Yepes and Jesús Rocamora, young officers in the Spanish regular army, are stationed alone at Castillo when, out of nowhere, a f ..."
L'Elegance du Herisson (French Edition) by MurielBarbery Paperback, Published 2009 by French And European Publications Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-320-07956-6, ISBN: 0-320-07956-2
"Je m'appelle Renée, j'ai cinquante-quatre ans et je suis la concierge du 7 rue de Grenelle, un immeuble bourgeois. Je suis veuve, petite, laide, grassouillette, j'ai des oignons aux pieds et, à en croire certains matins auto-incommodants, une haleine de mammouth. Mais surtout, je suis si conforme à l'image que l'on se fait des concierges qu'il ne viendrait à l'idée de personne que je suis plus lettrée que tous ces riches suffisants. Je ..."
"Rene is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building. She maintains a carefully constructed persona as someone uncultivated but reliable, in keeping with what she feels a concierge should be. But beneath this facade lies the real Rene: passionate about culture and the arts, and more knowledgeable in many ways than her employers with their outwardly successful but emotionally void lives., Down in her lodge, apart from weekly visi ..."
"The villagers had never seen anything like it: dense white curtains of snow that instantly transformed the landscape. Not in autumn, not here in Burgundy. And on the same night a baby was discovered, dark-eyed little Maria, who would transform all their lives.Hundreds of miles away in the mountains of Abruzzo, another foundling, Clara, astonishes everyone with her extraordinary talent for piano-playing. But her gifts go far beyond simpl ..."
"Rene is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building. She maintains a carefully constructed persona as someone uncultivated but reliable, in keeping with what she feels a concierge should be. But beneath this facade lies the real Rene: passionate about culture and the arts, and more knowledgeable in many ways than her employers with their outwardly successful but emotionally void lives. Down in her lodge, apart from weekly visit ..."
"The enthralling international bestseller. We are in the center of Paris, in an elegant apartment building inhabited by bourgeois families. Ren?e, the concierge, is witness to the lavish but vacuous lives of her numerous employers. Outwardly she conforms to every stereotype of the concierge: fat, cantankerous, addicted to television. Yet, unbeknownst to her employers, Ren?e is a cultured autodidact who adores art, philosophy, music, and ..."
A Single Rose by MurielBarbery Softcover, Published 2021 by Gallic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-913547-11-0, ISBN: 1-913547-11-6
A Strange Country (Paperback) by MurielBarbery Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2020 by Text Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-922268-98-3, ISBN: 1-922268-98-4
"From the author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, which spent 54 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, this literary fantasy is for fans of Atwood, Ishiguro and David Mitchell."
L'Elegance du herisson (French Edition) by MurielBarbery Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2017 by French And European Publications Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-320-09418-7, ISBN: 0-320-09418-9
"Je m'appelle Renée, j'ai cinquante-quatre ans et je suis la concierge du 7 rue de Grenelle, un immeuble bourgeois. Je suis veuve, petite, laide, grassouillette, j'ai des oignons aux pieds et, à en croire certains matins auto-incommodants, une haleine de mammouth. Mais surtout, je suis si conforme à l'image que l'on se fait des concierges qu'il ne viendrait à l'idée de personne que je suis plus lettrée que tous ces riches suffisants. Je ..."
Life of the Elves Ser. The Life of Elves by MurielBarbery 272 Pages, Published 2016 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-1-60945-320-6, ISBN: 1-60945-320-4
"Burgundy On the Hollows Farm Maria Faure André Faure, her father, a peasant
Rose Faure, her mother Eugénie and Angèle, André's great-aunts Jeannette and
Marie, Rose's first cousins once removed On Marcelot's farm Eugène Marcelot, ..."
The Life of Elves by MurielBarbery 272 Pages, Published 2016 by Text Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-922253-46-0, ISBN: 1-922253-46-4
"Barbery's The Life of Elves is the story of two children whose amazing talents will bring them into contact with magical worlds and malevolent forces."
"En el número 7 de la calle Grenelle, un inmueble burgués de París, nada es lo que parece. Dos de sus habitantes esconden un secreto. Renée, la portera, lleva mucho tiempo fingiendo ser una mujer común. Paloma tiene doce años y oculta una inteligencia extraordinaria. Ambas llevan una vida solitaria, mientras se esfuerzan por sobrevivir y vencer la desesperanza. La llegada de un hombre misterioso al edificio propiciará el encuentro de est ..."
The Life of Elves (Paperback) by MurielBarbery Paperback, Published 2015 by Text Publishing Company ISBN-13: 978-1-925240-82-5, ISBN: 1-925240-82-7
"Its charm will make you say yes’ The Guardian ‘Clever, informative and moving … this is an admirable novel which deserves as wide a readership here as it had in France.’ The Observer ‘The novel wins over its fans with a life ..."
The Elegance Of The Hedgehog(Large Print) by MurielBarbery Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2010 by Isis Large Print Large Print ISBN-13: 978-0-7531-8612-1, ISBN: 0-7531-8612-8
"Renee is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building on the Left Bank. To the residents she is honest, reliable and uncultivated - an ideal concierge. But Renee has a secret. Beneath this conventional façade she is passionate about culture and the arts, and more knowledgeable in many ways than her self-important employers. Down in her lodge, Renee is resigned to living a lie; meanwhile, several floors up, twelve-year-old Paloma ..."