“The Elegance of the Hedgehog” was an international phenomenon, so it was only a matter of time before Hollywood came calling. But “The Hedgehog,” the film made from Muriel Barbery’s ...

“The Elegance of the Hedgehog” reminded me of “Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont,” with its sense of renewal near the end of a life and a celebration of the beauty of small moments.

Elected in part on a promise to address the housing crisis, Bass faces a different crisis: a federal “seizure” of Los Angeles, and an Administration fixated on mass deportation. Jeremy O ...

The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery, , read by Barbara Rosenblat and Cassandra Morris. . Highbridge, $29.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-59887-925-4 ...

The hedgehog of the title is Renée Michel, a 54-year-old widow who is concierge of a swanky Parisian apartment block. To all outward appearances, she conforms to the stereotype of the concierge ...

The Greek poet Archilochus wrote that "the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." This week, we'll use the metaphor of the fox and the hedgehog as a way to understand the ...

The Hedgehog goes heavier on the whimsy, but concludes with a capricious melodramatic twist. Perhaps the ending worked better in the book, Muriel Barbery's The Elegance of the Hedgehog, which sold ...

This week, we have the story of a hedgehog named Don Laub, a young surgeon who was eager to make his mark. In his words, Don wanted to "do a big thing, and help a lot of people." ...

The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery, , trans. from the French by Alison Anderson. . Europa, $15.95 (325pp) ISBN 978-1-933372-60-0 ...