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Daily Archives: April 10, 2015
“L’Élégance du Hérisson” / “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery (2006) – book review
Couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about for well nigh two thirds of this prizewinner. Found the philosophising overbearing, the pace annoying and the vocabulary quite frankly difficult en français. Then all of a sudden the magic began to … Continue reading →
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