false 124509 53 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 <I>ran</I> 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. 2607049 1992 Smilla's Sense of Snow total:3727|5:768|4:1463|3:1024|2:357|1:115| 3727 13593 4722 382 2 14 false false Mon Nov 05 03:42:14 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 05 03:50:25 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 5 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 08 11:21:05 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 26 10:48:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 4 true false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 11:12:32 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 19:38:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Aug 05 13:42:55 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 14:01:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 15 12:54:02 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 16 11:41:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 15:08:17 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 15:39:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Dec 02 12:13:03 -0800 2008 Sun May 17 11:39:18 -0700 2009 3 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jul 02 13:36:04 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 13:37:56 -0700 2008 4 1 false true Sun Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 22:49:21 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 00:27:19 -0800 2008 cons...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 01:23:33 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 02:47:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 02 13:38:41 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 30 06:48:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 15:14:35 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 13:21:00 -0800 2009 burned a copy of it, and neither of us could imagine feeling that strongly about a ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 02:01:23 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 02:02:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 17:20:44 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 17:22:46 -0700 2009
Høeg starts off well with the sarcastic, loner of great wit, Smilla Jaspersen telling us her story about a dead neighbor boy in Denmark. Concerned that the bo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 16 10:40:59 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 10:40:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 18:17:50 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 18:31:00 -0700 2009
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"I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessings of the church. It's the light of grace for me. I never close my door behind me without the awareness that I am carrying our an act of mercy toward myself."

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