Promotional Information

Marketing & Publicity

• Bookseller and Librarian Marketing
  • Print and E-galley available on NetGalley and Edelweiss.
  • E-blasts via regional bookseller associations
  • Library marketing campaign, including LibraryReads campaign
  • Indie Next Campaign
  • POS material - downloadable poster
• Target Audience Marketing
  • Targeted consumer advertising
  • Social Media campaign - e-cards and short author videos/book teasers, bonus content and shareable images
  • Newsletter blast series
  • Goodreads giveaways
  • Book club outreach - reading discussion guide available
• Publicity
  • Galley distribution targeting major review coverage in Washington Post, NYTBR, LA Times, NPR.org, The New Yorker, SF Chronicle, Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, and Associated Press; women's magazines, Key influencers
  • Targeted mailing to reviewers of The Elegance of the Hedgehog

About the Author

Muriel Barbery is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Europa, 2008), Gourmet Rhapsody (Europa, 2009), and The Life of Elves (Europa, 2016). She has lived in Kyoto, Amsterdam, and Paris, and now lives in the French countryside. Alison Anderson's translations for Europa Editions include novels by Selim Nassib, Amelie Nothomb, and Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. She is the translator of The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Europa, 2008) and The Life of the Elves (Europa, 2016) by Muriel Barbery.

Reviews

"It is a joy to take a stroll with Rose and Paul while savoring the beauty of camellias, peonies and wild irises, in a world of muted, delicate colors and to the sound of their elegant words."-Ouest-France

"A delicately sculpted ode to Japan...A magnificent romance echoing with ancient wisdom and rich with melancholy loss and love."-Le monde

"A moving and successful novel. Richly perfumed, delicate, light, and inspired."- L'OBS

"In this story Rose explores an inner self that illuminates her darkness and leads her to overcome her sadness." -L'orient litteraire

"At once a journey through a secret landscape and a poetic transposition of the enigma of love."-Actualitte