"The Elegance of the Hedgehog" is a novel by the French writer Muriel Barberi, who made her famous far beyond the borders of France. The destinies of a wide variety of people are intertwined in this amazing book. A teenage girl, smart and educated beyond her years, an elderly concierge studying philosophical works, a rich Japanese man who settled in his declining years in a luxurious Paris apartment... Unlikely friendships, unexplored opportunities, a new way of looking at the world... The heroes of this book, and at the same time the reader, will have to make a quiet journey that will change their lives and teach them to notice the unexpected where everyone is used to seeing only the stereotypical and predictable.