About this title: Prize-winning author Gavalda has galvanized the literary world with her epic new novel of intimate lives. The author explores the twists of fate that connect four people in Paris who may be hopeless apart, but together, they may just be able to face the world.
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781594481444ISBN:159448144X
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Description: Fine. 159448144X Very little shelf wear/scratching/smudging on outer covers. Perfect otherwise. Remainder mark Free bookmarks with all orders and all orders ship same or next business day! 221. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Date Published: 2007-04-03
ISBN-13:9781594481444ISBN:159448144X
Description: Very Good. Hunting and Gathering with different cover art~ Tight Binding, No Spine Creases, No Writing, Minor Cover and Edge Wear. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780099494072ISBN:0099494078
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780099494072ISBN:0099494078
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Date Published: 2007-04-03
ISBN-13:9781594481444ISBN:159448144X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781594481444ISBN:159448144X
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780099494072ISBN:0099494078
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 480 pages. Camille is doing her best to disappear. she barely eats and works at night as a cleaner. one evening, philibert marquet de la durbellieren, an aristocrat, overcomes his own excruciating reticence to rescue camille, unconscious, from her freezing garret. this book presents a story about despair, love and the virtues of ensemble-playing. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Date Published: 01/06/2006
ISBN-13:9780701179762ISBN:0701179767
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Date Published: 01/06/2006
ISBN-13:9780701179762ISBN:0701179767
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
"I smiled when I saw "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" in the list of "Customers who bought this item also bought" on the Amazon page. I saw similarities between the two books as soon as I started reading this. I read the whole 500 page book in a day (while home sick) so it was obviously enjoyable. But it was predictable as other people have pointed out. It shares with Elegance the whole "strange roommates" and "made-families" themes. But the author has a sense of humor and I always love eccentric but lovable characters (everyone has favorite cliches!). It was a fun and pleasing read."
"I have read this book twice, as well as watching the movie twice. I loved the characters - the mix of young and old, odd and mainstream, all living together amongst the history years gone by. I loved that Camille and Franck were at war initially but as they got to know each other realised that they weren't so different afterall. Philibert, the man born into a family entrenched in the past, and Paulette, Franck's forgetful grandmother, gave the story softness and make you want to give them a hug. It is a beautiful story and just the right thing to pick you up when things are not going to plan"
"This book will break your heart and then mend it and repeat the cycle. All I wanted to do was read it all day - I didn't want to put it down. This is the tale of four downtrodden individuals who are thrown together by fate or random chance, whatever you want to call it, and the unlikely friendships that develop (keeping the rags with the napkins, one might say).
This book makes me want to move to Paris and find three quirky roommates of my own.
There are many contenders, but my favorite quote from this book:
...Regarding intellectuals ... It's easy to knock them. Really easy. They're usually not very muscular and they don't put up a good fight. It doesn't turn them on - the sound of marching boots, or medals, or big limos - so, no, it's not hard to take them down. All you have to do is rip the book from their hands, or the guitar, or the pencil, or the camera, and instantly they turn into useless, hopeless oafs. As a matter of fact, that's usually the first thing a dictator does: break their eyeglasses, burn their books or ban their concerts. It doesn't cost him much, and it can help him avoid all sorts of bother further down the line. But, you see, if being an intellectual means you like to learn, that you're curious and attentive and can admire things and be moved by them and try to understand how it all hangs together, and try to go to bed a bit less stupid than the day before, well, then, yes: not only am I an intellectual but I'm proud to be one. Really proud, even."
"This book was full of heart. An off-beat group of individuals from different walks of life come together to live in a spacious old apartment in Paris. Will they get along? Will there by romance? That's all I'll divulge of the plot. What's most interesting to me about the book is the style of the conversations among the characters, they are long and leisurely and don't need to advance the plot in any way, just reveal more and more about each character's personality. Almost like sitting next to an interesting group of people in a cafe and listening (not on purpose) to their conversation. I imagined the author doing this, or maybe basing the characters on people she knew well. End of book was almost too securely "tied up," I won't say whether it ends happily or sadly so as not to divulge, but didn't strike me as authentic as it should have been. Kudos to the translator, language never felt stilted or unnatural. I just found out the book had been made into a movie!"
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