sentences:  After she quit her job, she lived in 2008–2009 in Japan (2008 and 2009).She currently lives in Europe.Her novel "L'Élégance du hérisson" (translated by Alison Anderson as "The Elegance of the Hedgehog") topped the French bestseller lists for 30 consecutive weeks and was reprinted 50 times, selling over a million copies by May 2008.