Synopsis: Renee is a concierge in a ritzy apartment building in the heart of Paris. She pretends to be what everyone might expect from a concierge: fat, cross, and obsessed with television. In reality, she is an autodidact with deep love for art, philosophy, and Japanese film. Living upstairs is Paloma, a twelve-year-old genius who has tired of this tedious life and plans to commit suicide on her thirteenth birthday. Paloma and Renee befriend the building's new tenant, a wealthy Japanese man named Ozu, and he helps bring them together.
Review: The synopsis above details all of the plot in this book. All of it. Burberry's book, originally published in French, must be missing something in the translation. There is very little plot, action, or much of anything in this book. It's not an altogether terrible read and it does have its moments, but it waxes philosophical far too often for my taste. The characters are interesting, but the story is threadbare.
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