Synopsis A precocious and suicidal 12-year-old, and a fat and comely French concierge with a secret love for philosophy, form an unlikely bond in this smart, witty, and tragic French novel.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2008-09-02 |
| Size | | Length: | 325 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Industry Reviews "By turns very funny...and heartbreaking, Barbery never allows either of her dour narrators to get too cerebral or too sentimental." (05/19/2008)
"With its refined taste and political perspective, this is an elegant, light-spirited and very European adult fable." (07/01/2008)
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