In its first week on the shelves
The Elegance of the Hedgehog, the novel The Chicago Sun-Times said “leaps to soaring heights—movingly and beautifully,” made the extended
New York Times Bestseller list, debuting at #35. This week it has moved up ten spots, to #22...
...and it debuted on the
nationwide Indie Bestseller list at number fourteen and has since climbed to 11th place.
Europa Editions has gone back to press for a second printing of 20,000 copies bringing the total in-print to 50,000.
Some review highlights from the first week following The Hedgehog's publication...
The New York Times: "Both [of the book's protagonists] create eloquent little essays on time, beauty and the meaning of life, Renée with erudition and Paloma with adolescent brio." (
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Chicago Sun-Times: "This story, like all great tales, will break your heart, but it will also make you realize—or remember—that sometimes the pain is worth it." (
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Time: "Wins over its fans with a life-affirming message...and Barbery's frequently wicked sense of humor." (
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Time Out New York: "It’s not beauty that provides a reason for living, but the constant search for it." (
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Vogue: "A new book that plumbs the astonishing ways private lives and guarded secrets can come tumbling – for better or worse – into the open." (
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Now available everywhere books are sold,
Muriel Barbery's
The Elegance of the Hedghehog
