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 Elegance of Hedgeho July 28, 2010
McClure
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book arrived in a timely manner. Condition of the used book was like new. Very pleased with the purchase.
Rapture July 24, 2010
C. Beck (Laurel, MD United States)
Full of truth, wisdom, and universal beauty, this book sparkles from within.
Perhaps one of the best books I've ever read. A must read.
Worth the effort July 22, 2010
Bookworm (New York City)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was one of those readers that struggled with the first one hundred pages or so of Elegance. What's the point? I thought. I don't get all this, I whimpered. Where's the plot, the action, the tension, blah, blah, blah..... I'd read in spurts, not truly motivated to go on, or feeling so satiated with topics like phenomenology, or discourses on Flaubert that I would roll my eyes and think, how much longer? Then somewhere around chapter 15, things started looking up, and suddenly the past ruminations started feeding the present, and I found myself step by step, inside the story. Much like the characters themselves who began to find meaning in life beyond their own cynical protestations. On one level, this is a story of class difference. On so many others, it is a story of love, life and beauty, and how it can be found in unlikely places. The book, like all books, has some flaws. But part of me thinks that Ms. Barbery placed them there intentionally, like a Japanese potter will place a flaw in a tea cup, just to show it is made by a human's hand.
Elegant Hedgehogs July 20, 2010
Michaela Biba
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got the book in a timely manner and would use this vendor again. This was a good book and would recommend it to friends to read.
 The elegence of the hedgehog July 16, 2010
Karen R. Hebert (Mass. USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I didn't like this book at all......the only character worth considering at all was the lady who was the conceige. The teenage girl was obnoxious.
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