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The Life of Elves

By (author) Muriel Barbery, Translated by Alison Anderson





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Two foundling girls hundreds of miles apart discover a unique bond that will help them fight the forces of evil. The villagers had never seen anything like it: dense white curtains of snow that instantly transformed the landscape. Not in autumn, not here in Burgundy. And on the same night a baby was discovered, dark-eyed little Maria, who would transform all their lives. Hundreds of miles away in the mountains of Abruzzo, another foundling, Clara, astonishes everyone with her extraordinary talent for piano-playing. But her gifts go far beyond simple musicianship. As a time of great danger looms, though the girls know nothing of each other, it is the bond that unites them and others like them, which will ultimately offer the only chance for good to prevail in the world.

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Publisher | Pushkin Press
Published date | 26 Feb 2026
Language | English
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 256
Dimensions | 198 x 129 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-1-8053-3380-7
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BISAC | fiction / literary


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