- ISBN13: 9781598879254
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Product DescriptionAn enchanting New York Times and international bestseller and winner of the life, art, literature, philosophy, culture, class, honor and power, seen through the eyes of an institution of 54 years, French and a precocious but troubled 12 – year-old girl. Renee Michel is the 54-year-old caretaker of the building of luxury apartments in Paris. The road ( “small, ugly and fat”) and setting ( “poor discretion and insignificant”) denied his lively spirit and desire deep learning. Paloma Josse, a 12-year-old genius is like everyone expects that it comprises: a mediocre pre-teen high on subculture of young people, a good but not outstanding student, dutiful daughter, so persistent. She plans to kill himself on the sixteenth day of June, her thirteenth birthday. Both Renée and Paloma hide their true talents and best qualities in the middle-class families around them, until a wealthy Japanese man named Ozu moves into the building. Only H.. . More>>
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I ordered this book for me, but did not have time to read it. I hope it’s a wonderful reviews that say it is. Rating: 4 / 5
Arrived on time in order to offer as a birthday present and was received with joy. Rating: 5 / 5
What is at first stike, as Barbery is changing his style suited the story, because it is Paloma, a precocious child of 12 or Renée, the concierge, the protagonist. While the “Deep Thought” and “The Journal of movement of the world” Paloma is a simple and direct language, the thoughts of Renee are written in difficult, sometimes dense language. For example, at one point she said: “The sense is just another impulse, momentum increased at the highest level of performance…” And further: “The effectiveness of intelligence gives us the opportunity to be unfounded, the complexity can be … This is attriburable inelegant translation. Of course, some comments Renee on painting and music and life in general, and ideas are worth deeper and deeper reflection. She said that “Each painting the Dutch master is an incarnation of beauty. . opens a small window to eternity and timelessness of the sublime form. “What is art for us?” Gives shape to our emotions, it makes visible. “And heard a choir, she said:” The everyday life vanishes in the song, you are suddenly seized with a feeling of brotherhood…. And yet: “You could say that the most noble concepts of the rough and often show up every day.” But as a representation of the snobbery of the rich fiction is a failure. [...] Rating: 3 / 5
This book is one of the best that I read after some time. I could hardly wait each day to return. The story is fairly original, but only a small part of life and reminds us to never judge a book by its cover. Rating: 5 / 5
The book is based on time and I could send as a gift. Rating: 5 / 5