![]() ![]() She's grandiose she favors us with excerpts from a journal titled "Profound Thoughts". Paloma is a wildly precocious girl raised in privilege who has all the gifts of intellect and all the faults of a pre-adolescent. The other pole of the story is Paloma Josse, a 12-year-old tenant in the building, voiced by Cassandra Morris with an appropriate measure of sarcasm and outrage. Her musings are voiced by Barbara Rosenblat, who lends an air of theatrical irony an auditory raised eyebrow to her descriptions of class blind spots and philosophical rabbit holes. She knows Kant, but she's separated by class from other people who do, so she discusses his work with herself while we listen in. What is the secret she hides? Madame Michel is an intellectual. She keeps a television blaring where the tenants can hear it she zealously polices her speech and gestures to keep from giving herself away. ![]() Madame Michel is the concierge of a luxurious Parisian apartment building, tending to the plants, signing for packages, and polishing the brass, retreating when she can to her rooms on the first floor. The Elegance of the Hedgehog tells the story of a life spent in hiding. ![]()
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