Smilla's Sense of Snow A Novel

by Høeg, Peter; Nunnally, Tiina

• ISBN13: 9781250002556
• ISBN10: 1250002559
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-27
• Publisher: Picador

Summary

Smilla's Sense of Snowpresents one of the toughest heroines in modern fiction. Smilla Qaavigaaq Jaspersen is part Eskimo but she lives in Copenhagen and keeps to herself. When her six-year-old neighbor is killed, Smilla doesn't believe it was an accident and begins her own investigation of a case that even the police don't want to get involved in.

Author Biography

Born in 1957 in Denmark, Peter Høeg follwed various callings  dancer, actor, sailor, fencer, and moutnaineer before turning seriously to writing. His work has been published in thirty-three countries.

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“Splendid entertainment . . . the suspense novel as exploration of the heart.”  —The New York Times Book Review

“A book of profound intelligence . . . In the league of Melville or Conrad. Hoeg writes prose that is as bitter, changeable and deep-fathomed as poetry. . . . Demands to be read aloud and savored.”  —The New Yorker

“Like John le Carré and Graham Greene before him, Peter Høeg has given a thriller moral and political resonance.”  —Los Angeles Times

“A considerable achievement, a riveting suspense tale.”  —The Wall Street Journal