Le Hérisson

This is the story of an unexpected encounter among some of the dwellers at number 2 of the Rue Eugène Manuel in Paris: Paloma Josse, an eleven-year-old hugely clever girl who has a secret plan; Madame Michel, the discreet and lonely caretaker who hides an intelligent and cultivated personality under her uneducated and unfriendly appearance; and the enigmatic Monsieur Kakuro Ozu, a Japanese man who has moved into the house...