The heroines of Muriel Barbery’s last novel «The Elegance of the Elves» are two girls, Clara and Maria—two incredible fates touched by magic. One lives in Spain, in a village lost in the mountains of Abruzzo; the other lives in a small Burgundian hamlet. Both are mysteriously connected to the world of elves. One is a talented pianist who, through music, can penetrate the unseen; the other has a special gift for sensing the secrets of nature, reading its signs, and feeling the presence of invisible creatures. The girls learn about a terrible threat looming over the world of people. Clara and Maria, who have never met, establish a bond between them, and, joining their efforts, enter the battle whose outcome will determine the lives of the people close to them—and even the very existence of humankind.