Smilla's Sense of Snow, Paperback

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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 - ""Seductive... a superbly constructed thriller.""---People - ""Splendid entertainment...The suspense novel as exploration of the heart.""---The New York Times Book Review - ""Astonishing... 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.""---Jane Smiley, The Washington Post Book World - ""A book of considerable intelligence...Demands to be read aloud and savored.""---The New Yorker - ""Wonderful...A thriller like no other.""---Newsweek - ""Enchanting.""---Chicago Tribune - ""Beautifully written and beautifully translated.""---The Seattle Times - ""The bestthriller] I've read in years.""---The New Republic - ""Peter Hoeg has shown himself to be a writer of real stature.""---The Times (London) - ""One never wants to stop reading.""--- Orlando Sentinel First published in 1992, 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.