THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG by Muriel Barbery According to 12-year old Paloma, Renee Michel, her building’s middle-aged concierge, is like the hedgehog:  “a deceptively indolent little creature, fiercely solitary –and terribly elegant.”  Paloma and Renee are the protagonists of this little hedgehog of a book, with its simple tale of an autodidactic concierge and Continue reading