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She thinks more highly of snow and ice than she does of love. She lives in a world of numbers, science and memories--a dark, exotic stranger in a strange land. And now Smilla Jaspersen is convinced she has uncovered a shattering crime...
It happened in the Copenhagen snow. A six-year-old boy, a Greenlander like Smilla, fell to his death from the top of his apartment building. While the boy's body is still warm, the police pronounce his death an accident. But Smilla knows her young neighbor didn't fall from the roof on his own. Soon she is following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps in the snow. For her dead neighbor, and for herself, she must embark on a harrowing journey of lies, revelation and violence that will take her back to the world of ice and snow from which she comes, where an explosive secret waits beneath the ice....
It happened in the Copenhagen snow. A six-year-old boy, a Greenlander like Smilla, fell to his death from the top of his apartment building. While the boy's body is still warm, the police pronounce his death an accident. But Smilla knows her young neighbor didn't fall from the roof on his own. Soon she is following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps in the snow. For her dead neighbor, and for herself, she must embark on a harrowing journey of lies, revelation and violence that will take her back to the world of ice and snow from which she comes, where an explosive secret waits beneath the ice....
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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 Carre and Graham Greene before him, Peter Hoeg has given a thriller moral and political resonance." --"Los Angeles"" Times"
"A considerable achievement, a riveting suspense tale." --"The Wall Street Journal"
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 Carre and Graham Greene before him, Peter Hoeg has given a thriller moral and political resonance. "Los Angeles Times"
A considerable achievement, a riveting suspense tale. "The Wall Street Journal""
-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 Carre and Graham Greene before him, Peter Hoeg has given a thriller moral and political resonance.- --Los Angeles Times
-A considerable achievement, a riveting suspense tale.- --The Wall Street Journal
"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 Carre and Graham Greene before him, Peter Hoeg has given a thriller moral and political resonance." --Los Angeles Times
"A considerable achievement, a riveting suspense tale." --The Wall Street Journal
Peter Hoeg is an internationally renowned Danish author who entered the North American literary scene with Smilla's Sense of Snow. Since its publication, Hoeg's new works, such as The Woman and the Ape - have appeared in English translations alongside older works such as Tales of the Night. Once a sailor, and currently an actor and dancer as well as a writer, Hoeg lives in Copenhagen.
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- PublisherDoubleday of Canada
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0770426182
- ISBN 13 9780770426187
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- Number of pages512
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