The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, , read by Barbara Rosenblat and Cassandra Morris. . Highbridge, $29.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-59887-925-4
This audio version of the surprise French bestseller hits the mark as both performance and story. The leisurely pace of the novel, which explores the upstairs-downstairs goings-on of a posh Parisian apartment building, lends itself well to audio, and those who might have been tempted to skip through the novel's more laborious philosophical passages (the author is a professor of philosophy) will savor these ruminations when read aloud. Tony Award–winning actress Barbara Rosenblat positively embodies the concierge, Renée Michel, who deliberately hides her radiant intelligence from the upper-crust residents of 7 rue de Grenelle, and the performance of Cassandra Morris as the precocious girl who recognizes Renée as a kindred spirit is nothing short of a revelation. Morris's voice, inflection and timbre all conspire to make the performance entirely believable.
Reviewed on: 08/31/2009
Genre: Audio
Compact Disc - 978-1-6651-6516-7
Hardcover - 320 pages - 978-1-906040-16-1
Hardcover - 400 pages - 978-0-7531-8612-1
MP3 CD - 978-1-6651-6515-0
Open Ebook - 320 pages - 978-1-908313-58-4
Open Ebook - 336 pages - 978-1-60945-012-0
Open Ebook - 336 pages - 978-1-60945-015-1
Open Ebook - 325 pages - 978-1-60945-013-7
Other - 1 pages - 978-1-59887-926-1
Paperback - 336 pages - 978-1-933372-60-0
Paperback - 367 pages - 978-986-6662-69-0
Paperback - 336 pages - 978-81-7621-223-6
Paperback - 410 pages -
Paperback - 376 pages - 978-0-7531-8613-8
Pre-Recorded Audio Player - 978-1-61574-795-5
