Name: The Elegance of the Hedgehog: Muriel Barbery in Conversation with Adam Gopnik by PEN America in lectures
Duration: 59 min 53 s
Description: Muriel Barbery, the author of the award-winning international best-seller The Elegance of the Hedgehog, a novel that The Washington Post called "exceptionally winning." Barbery joined by the New Yorker magazine's Adam Gopnik for a discussion about the mysteries of childhood, the novel as philosophical fable, and why one Parisian psychotherapist is prescribing Muriel's novel to her patients.

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Muriel Barbery, the author of the award-winning international best-seller The Elegance of the Hedgehog, a novel that The Washington Post called "exceptionally winning." Barbery joined by the New Yorker magazine's Adam Gopnik for a discussion about the mysteries of childhood, the novel as philosophical fable, and why one Parisian psychotherapist is prescribing Muriel's novel to her patients.

The Elegance of the Hedgehog: Muriel Barbery in Conversation with Adam Gopnik

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The Elegance of the Hedgehog: Muriel Barbery in Conversation with Adam Gopnik

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