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sense of boredom
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Hoeg has the writing skill of a true craftsman. I couldn't put it down!
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Smilla's Sense of Snow
Peter Hoeg
Manufacturer: Delta
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Binding: Paperback

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Smilla's Sense of Snow
Borderliners
The History of Danish Dreams
Winter's Tales
The Dwarf

ASIN: 0385315147
Release Date: 1995-10-01

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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 ran 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.

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She thinks more highly of snow and ice than she does of love. She lives in a world of numbers, science and memories--a dark, exotic stranger in a strange land. And now Smilla Jaspersen is convinced she has uncovered a shattering crime...

It happened in the Copenhagen snow. A six-year-old boy, a Greenlander like Smilla, fell to his death from the top of his apartment building. While the boy's body is still warm, the police pronounce his death an accident. But Smilla knows her young neighbor didn't fall from the roof on his own. Soon she is following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps in the snow. For her dead neighbor, and for herself, she must embark on a harrowing journey of lies, revelation and violence that will take her back to the world of ice and snow from which she comes, where an explosive secret waits beneath the ice....

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sense of boredom.......2007-04-01

I could not get through this book. It was boring and slow moving. Smilla is a smug, cold and rather perverse woman who could not hold my interest.

A Trek Into The Heart Of Society.......2007-02-14

It seemed like one of those tragedies that can never be explained; the kind that may appear on the back pages of a local newspaper and then disappear forever. A young boy fell from the roof of an apartment building in Denmark.

But for a neighbor - Smilla Jaspersen - who had befriended the child, the story is not as simple as an accidental fall. He was scared of heights and - because of Jaspersen's understanding of the complex nature of snow - she observes that the footprints reveal that he was running.

But running from what - or who - and why?

Author Peter Hoeg develops a complex thriller where lies, conspiracies and cover-ups reveals as much about how a society functions as it goes to solving the mystery. The story delves deeply into Denmark's treatment of its small Eskimo/Greenlander community & the exploitation of resources in Greenland.

With the wit of Grahame Greene and the flair of John le Carre, Hoeg digs deep into the morality and politics of life. And the lessons are as harsh as the howling winds on a sub-zero winter afternoon.

I Read It Twice.......2006-12-30

I read this book when it first came out in paperback and again a few years later. I sometimes have quirky taste in reading materials, though I also enjoy best selling authors such as John Grisham and mystery writing by authors such as Sue Grafton and Nevada Barr I guess I am always looking for something a little different.

The fact that most reviewers either loved this book or hated it proves that it is a GREAT BOOK. Few reviewers were lukewarm.

As for some of the criticisms "Smilla is not a believable character" I found her to be quite real (though in a fictional situation) "the ending was disapointing" I felt like the final statement of the book is something I have always known but never put into words, sometimes I find myself remembering this and reminding myself not to expect too much in the way of resolution in life. I don't feel the book was so much a study of the european mind as it was a first person view of "the outsider" in any culture or situation.

I have some criticisms too, it is long, I felt the sex included in this novel was added just to, as they say, "sex it up" also I saw the film and thought it was terrible.

I would recommend this book for avid eclectic readers. For those who demand serious realism and for those who enjoy pure fantasy, neatly wrapped and tied with a ribbon: just skip it.

Hoeg has the writing skill of a true craftsman. I couldn't put it down!.......2006-06-25

Peter Hoeg has done something very interesting in Smilla's Sense of Snow. Not only has he very effectively taken on the difficult task of writing from the feminine point of view, but he has in Smilla created a heroine who does not fit into any neat little preconvention. Smilla shocks the senses and shows the reader things we men never knew/or maybe don't want to know about the personal/hidden side of women- that they can be sliding headlong into social deviancy, wrecklessness, and ammoral proclavities, and we will still see them as sympathetic characters, at least this much is true with Smilla. The book itself is a superbly rendered moral lesson filled with the dramatic dialogue you would expect in an action thriller. But it is also a detective story in the truest sense of the word. It is also a lesson in cultural differences and ideaolgy. I bought the book because I figured it had to be better than the movie. Just a hunch. And it was, so much better. Hoeg has become my favorite new writer.

Intuition!.......2006-06-24

I didn't read this, a move based on what I like to call "Brian's sense of suck."

Smilla's Sense of Snow: The Making of a Film by Bille August

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Smilla's Sense of Snow - making the movie

Smilla's Sense of Snow: The Making of a Film by Bille August
Karin Trolle , and Peter Hoeg
Manufacturer: Noonday Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0374525129

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Here is a beautiful companion piece to Smilla's Sense of Snow. Whether you're a fan of Peter Hoeg's novel, Bille August's film adaptation, or both, you'll be delighted by this book. It contains every word of Ann Biderman's film script and hundreds of color photographs. It also features interviews with all the major cast members, a history of Greenland, articles on the film's production by major members of the crew, and, best of all, a 20-page transcript of a revealing dialogue between August and Hoeg about the themes of the book and the making of the film.

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Smilla's Sense of Snow - making the movie.......2007-04-11

This is a very interesting book. It has the movie script, which turned out to be a little different in the movie itself. It helped me to understand finer details that I had missed in the movie. I also found the images of Greenland quite breathtaking. It is a beautiful, powerful landscape and the actors and film makers had an appreciation for the landscape and the people that I found nourishing.

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Recorded Books Unabridged is the Best Audio Version!

Smilla's Sense of Snow
Peter Hoeg
Manufacturer: Recorded Books, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette
ASIN: 0788700235

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Smilla's Sense of Snow. 94222 (12 cassettes/17.75 hours). Translation Copyright 1993 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Original Copyright 1992 by Peter Hoeg. Translated by Tiina Nunnally. P 1994 by Recorded Books, Inc. Unabridged. Narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan. ISBN 0-7887-0023-5. (from cassettes and case)

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Recorded Books Unabridged is the Best Audio Version!.......2006-03-27

Having heard both the abridged and the Recorded Books Unabridged versions, the latter is by far the Best Audio Version! First, the abridged version cuts so much out it feels like you are speed reading; no way to enjoy a fine thriller like this. If you have the time, the added details and the better reader, make this a wonderfully entertaining book! Alyssa Bresnahan was the veteran reader chosen by Recorded Books. Her sense of who the characters are, and emotive reading, really bring this version to life! Right now at Amazon this $100 professional edition seems to be available for 10 cents on the dollar! A true reading bargain; God bless Amazon!!

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SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW
Peter Heoeg
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HF6FTS

Smila, misterio en la nieve.(TT: Smilla's Sense of Snow): An article from: Epoca

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Smila, misterio en la nieve.(TT: Smilla's Sense of Snow): An article from: Epoca
Pedro Crespo
Manufacturer: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00097QAOE
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on May 26, 1997. The length of the article is 893 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Smila, misterio en la nieve.(TT: Smilla's Sense of Snow)
Author: Pedro Crespo
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 26, 1997
Publisher: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
Issue: n639 Page: p76(2)

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Peter Hoeg's "Smilla's Sense of Snow": A Study Guide from Gale's "Novels for Students" (Volume 17, Chapter 10)

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Peter Hoeg's "Smilla's Sense of Snow": A Study Guide from Gale's "Novels for Students" (Volume 17, Chapter 10)

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Release Date: 2003-06-20

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Smilla's Sense of Snow
Peter Hoeg
Manufacturer: A Dell Book
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000S5YHBA

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Smilla's Sense of Snow
Peter Hoeg
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Froken Smillas Fornemmelse for Sne : Smilla's Sense of Snow

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Amazing story
An excellent mystery
Arctic adventure

Froken Smillas Fornemmelse for Sne : Smilla's Sense of Snow
P. Hoeg
Manufacturer: Schoenhofs Foreign Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 8716142721

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Amazing story.......2002-12-29

Peter Hoeg deals with the themes of humankind's quest to find truth through science -- and the ultimate realization that this is not possible. The humanity of the characters and the unresolved mysteries draw the reader in -- I think Hoeg is one of the top writers today.

An excellent mystery.......2002-01-11

I have read thousands of mysteries in my life and this one stands out as the best. It is well written and thoughtful with well developed characters and an exciting plot. It is the standard by which I measure all other mysteries.

Arctic adventure.......2000-07-13

When Eirik Raude (the Red) named the land in the west «Greenland», it turned out to be an exaggeration. But «Iceland» was already taken.

Mr Hoegh is fascinated by Greenland, it seems, and it shows. Smilla, a Greenlander stuck in Copenhagen, is shocked when her neighbour boy dies in an accident. Or - accident? Why would the little boy fearing heights play on the roof? The footprints in the snow tell Smilla - with her sense of snow - that this was no accident.

When the plot is unveiled, it turns out that Smilla has got herself some dangerous enemies. To find the key she boards a ship sailing for Greenland, and - of course - the danger is not lessened in the closed world of the ship.

The solution? You'd better read the book yourself. But Mr Hoegh gives us a whodunit which carries a lot of civilisation critique and paints a fascinating picture of Greenland. It is a good read if you are interested in either.

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Smilla's Sense of Snow
Peter Hoeg
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OP4LCY

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