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Smilla`s Sense of Snow
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About the Book
In this international bestseller, Peter Høeg successfully combines the pleasures of literary fiction with those of the thriller. Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Her childhood in Greenland gives her an appreciation for the complex structures of snow, and when she notices that the boy´s footprints show he ran to his death, she decides to find out who was chasing him. As she attempts to solve the mystery, she uncovers a series of conspiracies and cover-ups and quickly realizes that she can trust nobody. Her investigation takes her from the streets of Copenhagen to an icebound island off the coast of Greenland. What she finds there has implications far beyond the death of a single child. The unusual setting, gripping plot, and compelling central character add up to one of the most fascinating and literate thrillers of recent years.
Smilla’s Sense of Snow was made into a film starring Julia Ormond.
Peter Høeg is a respected Danish author and well known throughout the world. His acclaimed novels have been translated into many languages. In his early years he was a sailor, actor, athlete, ballet dancer, and in 1996 he initiated a foundation for the support of women and children in third world countries.
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