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Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow
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January 20, 2016
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MURDER, MYSTERY, AND SNOW
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As part of our "explore the world" theme, a prizewinning novel set in Scandinavia.…more

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Smilla's Sense of Snow : "The City" Part 2, chapters 1-5
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Smilla's Sense of Snow " Chapter 4-11 (End of The City : Part 1)
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Tracy
Nov 13, 2015 rated it liked it
Shelves: adult-fiction, mystery, library-books
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Jonfaith
Feb 01, 2012 rated it liked it
I read this in tandem with my wife about 10 years ago. I felt it a sharp novel, aware of its genre limitations and still rather meaningful.
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Saski
Mar 19, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Many parts with stick with me for a long time, parts of thew story, parts of his/her philosophy.

This quote I was glad to have read:

We all live our lives blindly believing in the people who make the decisions. Believing in science. Because the world is inscrutable and all information is hazy. We accept the existence of a round globe, of an atom's nucleus that sticks together like drops, of a shrinking universe -- and the necessity of interfering with genetic material. Not because we know these t ...more
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Jan 24, 2009 rated it really liked it
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Apr 30, 2011 rated it liked it
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Aug 06, 2011 rated it liked it
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Kristen
Oct 09, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Feb 15, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Kris
Apr 01, 2012 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Dillwynia Peter
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Jennifer
Mar 21, 2014 marked it as to-read
Alex Buckley
Jan 16, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Apr 01, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Nina
Apr 20, 2015 rated it really liked it
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