A Time Best Book of the Year · An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year · A People Best Book of the Year · Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award · A Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel
First published in 1992, Peter Hoeg's Smilla's Sense of Snow instantly became an international sensation. When caustic Smilla Jaspersen discovers that her neighbor--a neglected six-year-old boy, and possibly her only friend--has died in a tragic accident, a peculiar intuition tells her it was murder. Unpredictable to the last page, Smilla's Sense of Snow is one of the most beautifully written and original crime stories of our time, a new classic.
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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"
