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Peter Høeg

Born

in Copenhagen, Denmark

May 07, 1957

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Mystery

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Peter Høeg was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Before becoming a writer, he worked variously as a sailor, ballet dancer, and actor. He published his first novel, A History of Danish Dreams (1988), to positive reviews. However, it was Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1992), a million-copy best seller, that earned Høeg immediate and international literary celebrity. His books have been published in more than thirty countries.

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Average rating: 3.66 · 50,445 ratings · 3,613 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg, Tiina Nunnally (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 37,100 ratings — published 1992 — 151 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Borderliners by Peter Høeg, Barbara Haveland (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 3,060 ratings — published 1993 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quiet Girl 3.24 avg rating — 2,435 ratings — published 2006 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elephant Keepers' Children by Peter Høeg, Martin Aitken (Translator) 3.40 avg rating — 2,529 ratings — published 2010 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woman and the Ape by Peter Høeg, Barbara Haveland (Translator) 3.36 avg rating — 2,149 ratings — published 1996 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of Danish Dreams 3.53 avg rating — 1,117 ratings — published 1988 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of the Night by Peter Høeg, Barbara Haveland 3.86 avg rating — 837 ratings — published 1990 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Effekten af Susan 3.30 avg rating — 1,118 ratings — published 2014 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gennem dine øjne by Peter Høeg, Harvey Macaulay (Cover) , Thomas Guldberg Madsen (Reading) 3.51 avg rating — 79 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spiegelbild eines jungen Mannes im Gleichgewicht 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“To want to understand is an attempt to recapture something we have lost.”
― Peter Høeg, Smilla's Sense of Snow

tags: loss, lost, recapture, understand

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“Do you know what the mathematical expression is for longing? ... The negative numbers. The formalization of the feeling that you are missing something.”
― Peter Høeg, Smilla's Sense of Snow

tags: lack, longing, mathematics, missing, negative-numbers

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“I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessing 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 out an act of mercy toward myself.”
― Peter Høeg, Smilla's Sense of Snow

tags: smilla-s-sense-of-snow

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April is mystery/thriller month and I think I have a nice mix of titles to choose from here. Place your vote. Poll will be open until March 8.

The Scapegoat

Daphne du Maurier

4 votes, 66.7%

Case Histories

Kate Atkinson

2 votes, 33.3%

Child 44

Tom Rob Smith

0 votes, 0.0%

Smila's Sense of Snow

Peter Høeg

0 votes, 0.0%

The Trial of Elizabeth Cree

Peter Ackroyd

0 votes, 0.0%

The Poe Shadow

Matthew Pearl

0 votes, 0.0%

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